Dear Maria,
Thank you for your letter. It's good to know you still care about me. I think you'll be glad to hear that I'm studying all the time now. Alessandro and I have lessons together, every day except Sunday, with a teacher called Hans. He teaches us in Latin, but his accent is very thick, and I'm going to ask him to teach me how to speak German, because that's what everyone in city speaks, although we speak Italian at the house. I'm the oldest here, and it's an interesting change. The Archbishop did hire a young woman to look after Katarina and Alessandro, and now me, because they don't have an older sister. She is also named Maria. I love you guys and I miss all of you.
Mucho Amore,
Francesco