Letters to Atticus Passage 2

illa de ratione nummaria non sunt eius modi (saepe enim audio ex ipso) ut non cupiat tibi praestare et in eo laboret. sed si mihi Q. Axius in hac mea fuga HS X_I_I_I_ non reddit quae dedi eius filio mutua et utitur excusatione temporis, si Lepta, si ceteri, soleo mirari de nescio quis HS X_X_ cum audio ex illo se urgeri. vides enim profecto angustias. curari tamen ea tibi utique iubet. an existimas illum in isto genere lentulum aut restrictum? nemo est minus.

As for the financial account, his attitude is not such, for I often hear him speak of it himself, that he does not desire to make good his obligation to you and exert himself toward that end. But if Quintus Axius, during this flight of mine, does not repay me the HS X_I_I_I_ that I lent his son and pleads the present crisis as his excuse, and if Lepta and the rest do likewise, I am accustomed to wonder, when I hear from my brother that he is being pressed, at I know not who over HS X_X_. You surely see his straits. Nevertheless, he gives strict instructions that the matter be settled for you. Do you suppose him rather slow or tightfisted in matters of that kind? No one is less so.

Quant à l’affaire d’argent, elle n’est pas telle, car je l’entends souvent de sa propre bouche, qu’il ne désire pas s’acquitter envers toi et ne s’en préoccupe. Mais si Quintus Axius, au milieu de ma fuite, ne me rend pas les HS X_I_I_I_ que j’ai prêtés à son fils et allègue les circonstances pour s’excuser; si Lepta en fait autant, ainsi que les autres, je m’étonne d’entendre mon frère se dire pressé pour je ne sais quels HS X_X_. Tu vois certainement ses embarras. Il ordonne pourtant expressément qu’on règle ton affaire. Penses-tu qu’il soit, en cette matière, quelque peu lent ou parcimonieux? Personne ne l’est moins.