The entrance into this place I made to be, not by a door, but by a short ladder to go over the top; which ladder, when I was in, I lifted over after me; and so I was completely fenced in and fortified, as I thought, from all the world, and consequently slept secure in the night, which otherwise I could not have done; though, as it appeared afterwards, there was no need of all this caution from the enemies that I apprehended danger from.
Je me croyais ainsi parfaitement défendu et fortifié contre le monde entier, et je dormais donc en toute sécurité pendant la nuit, ce qu'autrement je n'aurais pu faire. Pourtant, comme je le reconnus dans la suite il n'était nullement besoin de toutes ces précautions contre des ennemis que je m'étais imaginé avoir à redouter.