The master, though vigilant in the business of preserving the ship, yet as he went in and out of his cabin by me, I could hear him softly to himself say, several times, “Lord be merciful to us! we shall be all lost! we shall be all undone!” and the like.
Wat ik gevoelde, zou ik onmogelijk kunnen beschrijven. Het kostte mij moeite mijn vorig berouw te herdenken, en ik trachtte mij daartegen te verharden.