I was persuaded that if I had seen him, and let him know that I knew him, I should have made some advantage of him, and perhaps have had some maintenance from him; and though it was a life wicked enough, yet it was not so full of danger as this I was engaged in.
Quoique ce fût une vie assez mauvaise, pourtant elle n'était pas si pleine de dangers que celle où j'étais engagée. Cependant ces idées passèrent à la longue.