But oh, Graydon, I was so weak and used up when I reached there that I could scarcely do more than breathe.

But I had made up my mind either to get well or to die.
I rested for days, until I could make a beginning, and then, one step at a time, as it were, I went forward.

Take two things that you have seen me do, for example.

One can bathe in the sea at Santa Barbara almost throughout the year.

At first I was as timid as a child, and scarcely dared to wet my feet; but Mr.Wayland was a sensible instructor, and led me step by step.