I felt physically weak and broken down: but my worse ailment was an unutterable wretchedness of mind: a wretchedness which kept drawing from me silent tears; no sooner had I wiped one salt drop from my cheek than another followed.
Físicamente me sentía débil y quebrantada, pero mi mayor sufrimiento era un inmenso abatimiento moral, un abatimiento que me hacía prorrumpir en silencioso llanto.