With difficulty I obeyed him. Presently I stood within that clean, bright kitchen--on the very hearth--trembling, sickening; conscious of an aspect in the last degree ghastly, wild, and weather-beaten.
Ubbidii con difficoltà e mi trovai poco dopo nella cucina pulita e illuminata, accanto al focolare, debole e vergognosa di farmi vedere tutta bagnata.