I leant against a pillar of the verandah, drew my grey mantle close about me, and, trying to forget the cold which nipped me without, and the unsatisfied hunger which gnawed me within, delivered myself up to the employment of watching and thinking.
Me apoyé contra una pilastra de la galería, me envolví en mi capa y, procurando olvidar el frío que se sentía y el hambre que aún me hostigaba, me entregué a mis reflexiones harto confusas para que merezcan ser recordadas.