Some days after this, and after I had been on board the ship, and got all that I could out of her, yet I could not forbear getting up to the top of a little mountain and looking out to sea, in hopes of seeing a ship; then fancy at a vast distance I spied a sail, please myself with the hopes of it, and then after looking steadily, till I was almost blind, lose it quite, and sit down and weep like a child, and thus increase my misery by my folly.
Quelques jours plus tard, après mes voyages au bâtiment, et après que j'en eus tout retiré, je ne pouvais encore m'empêcher de gravir sur le sommet d'une petite montagne, et là de regarder en mer, dans l'espérance d'y appercevoir un navire. Alors j'imaginais voir poindre une voile dans le lointain.