He looked up in my face with all the tokens of gratitude and thankfulness that could appear in any countenance; but was so weak, notwithstanding he had so exerted himself in the fight, that he could not stand up upon his feet—he tried to do it two or three times, but was really not able, his ankles were so swelled and so painful to him; so I bade him sit still, and caused Friday to rub his ankles, and bathe them with rum, as he had done his father’s.
Intanto egli era così spossato, che non ostante i coraggiosi suoi sforzi, non reggevasi in piedi, quantunque vi si provasse per due o tre volte; ma ciò gli riusciva veramente impossibile per l’enfiagione delle sue gambe. Io l’esortai a starsene riposato, ed ingiunsi a Venerdì di stropicciarlo col rum, nella stessa guisa che avea fatto a suo padre.