Not that I did not believe the savages had frequented the island even all the while, and might have been several hundreds of them at times on shore there; but I had never known it, and was incapable of any apprehensions about it; my satisfaction was perfect, though my danger was the same, and I was as happy in not knowing my danger as if I had never really been exposed to it.
Il n'est pas croyable que les Sauvages n'eussent pas fréquenté l'île avant cette époque: peut-être y étaient-ils descendus au rivage par centaines; mais, comme je n'en avais jamais rien su et n'avais pu en concevoir aucune appréhension, ma sécurité était parfaite, bien que le péril fût le même.