Caro vovô, lembre-se de que eu estive muito doente, para morrer logo, e seu irmão, doutor Henrique, há muito falecido, me tratou, e eu vivo, porque ele era deveras bom médico e um bom, muito bondoso homem.
Dear grandpa, remember that I had been so ill that I would die soon, and your brother, Doctor Henry, dead for so long, treated me, and I live because he was really a good doctor and a good and very kind man.