This only serves to convince me that, if the resolution be firm, things can be achieved which would appear almost impossible.
I had expected to find neither comfort nor pleasure in the quarantine-house, and unfortunately I had judged but too well.

The courtyard into which we were shewn was closely locked, and furnished on all sides with wooden bars; the rooms displayed only four bare walls, with windows guarded in the same manner.

It is customary to quarter several persons in the same room, and then each pays a share of the expense.

I requested a separate apartment, which one can also have, but of course at a higher charge.

Such a thing as a chair, a table, or a piece of furniture, was quite out of the question; whoever wishes to enjoy such a luxury must apply by letter to an innkeeper of the town, who lends any thing of the kind, but at an enormously high rate.