Letters to Atticus Passage 1

ego cum Sallustio Ciceronem ad Caesarem mittere cogitabam; Tulliam autem non videbam esse causam cur diutius mecum tanto in communi maerore retinerem. itaque matri eam, cum primum per ipsam liceret, eram remissurus. Paeto, †que ad modum consolandis scripsisti†, putato ea me scripsisse quae tu ipse intellegis responderi potuisse.

I was thinking of sending Cicero to Caesar with Sallustius. As for Tullia, I saw no reason to keep her with me any longer amid such grief shared by us all. I was therefore going to send her back to her mother as soon as she herself allowed it. As for Paetus, †as you wrote concerning the manner of consoling†, consider that I wrote what you yourself understand could have been answered.

Je songeais à envoyer Cicéron auprès de César avec Sallustius ; quant à Tullia, je ne voyais aucune raison de la retenir plus longtemps auprès de moi dans un deuil commun si profond. Je comptais donc la renvoyer à sa mère dès qu’elle-même le permettrait. Pour ce que tu as écrit à Paetus, †sur la manière de consoler†, considère que je lui ai écrit ce que tu comprends toi-même qu’on pouvait répondre.