I slept two nights in the open air, and wandered about two days without crossing a threshold: but twice in that space of time did I taste food; and it was when brought by hunger, exhaustion, and despair almost to the last gasp, that you, Mr. Rivers, forbade me to perish of want at your door, and took me under the shelter of your roof.
Dos noches seguidas dormí al aire libre y sólo dos veces en este tiempo pude comer algo. Estaba a punto de morir de hambre y de fatiga cuando usted, Mr.