Unfortunately the legs began to refuse their service to this bony machine. During the last five or six months that this weakness had been felt, the worthy procurator had nearly become the slave of his wife.
Ongelukkig weigerden de beenen hun dienst aan dat knokachtige werktuig; sedert vijf of zes maanden, dat deze verzwakking zich had doen gevoelen, was van lieverlede de waardige procureur de slaaf zijner vrouw geworden.