Indeed, one can imagine the look he must have had on his face when he came home from a long trip, crawled to get on the En (governor general of Kakibe) and said "ahhh".
少し長道をして帰られて、掾（えん）などに上るときは、パァ々々云つて這（は）つて上られる態が、今でも見える様ぢや。