So I heartened him up as well as I could. However, I saw the poor fellow was most terribly scared, for nothing ran in his head but that they were come to look for him, and would cut him in pieces and eat him; and the poor fellow trembled so that I scarcely knew what to do with him.
Ik zag echter, dat de arme knaap doodelijk beangst was, want hij had zich in het hoofd gezet, dat zij alleen gekomen waren om hem te zoeken, en dat zij hem in stukken zouden houwen. Hij beefde zoo, dat ik niet wist wat ik met hem zou beginnen.