Unfortunately the legs began to refuse their service to this bony machine. During the last five or six months that this weakness had been felt, the worthy procurator had nearly become the slave of his wife.
Por desgracia, las piernas comenzaban a rehusar servir a toda aquella máquina ósea; desde que hacía cinco o seis meses se había dejado sentir este debilitamiento, el digno procurador se había convertido casi en el esclavo de su mujer.