Other times I fancied they were all gone off to sea in their boat, and being hurried away by the current that I had been formerly in, were carried out into the great ocean, where there was nothing but misery and perishing: and that, perhaps, they might by this time think of starving, and of being in a condition to eat one another.
Poteva anche darsi (io fantasticava fra me stesso) che, postisi in mare con la scialuppa, e trascinati dalla corrente entro cui corsi io tanto rischio in passato, fossero stati trasportati nel grande oceano, ove non potessero più aspettarsi che stenti e sciagure, e quella forse di essere ridotti dalla fame all’orrida condizione di mangiarsi l’un l’altro.