I slept none that night; the farther I was from the occasion of my fright, the greater my apprehensions were, which is something contrary to the nature of such things, and especially to the usual practice of all creatures in fear; but I was so embarrassed with my own frightful ideas of the thing, that I formed nothing but dismal imaginations to myself, even though I was now a great way off.
À mesure que je m'éloignais de la cause de ma terreur, mes craintes augmentaient, contrairement à toute loi des choses et surtout à la marche, ordinaire de la peur chez les animaux. J'étais toujours si troublé de mes propres imaginations que je n'entrevoyais rien que de sinistre.