Of course I had to obey if I didn't want to lose my place and starve; but the man was twice as strong as I—I was not twenty-one and as weak as a cat after the fever.

当然，如果我不想失去位置和挨饿，我就必须服从；但是那个男人比我强壮一倍——我还不到二十一岁，发烧后虚弱得像只猫。