But then, to think that Satan should take human shape upon him in such a place, where there could be no manner of occasion for it, but to leave the print of his foot behind him, and that even for no purpose too, for he could not be sure I should see it—this was an amusement the other way.
Maar aan den anderen kant was het niet te denken, dat de satan de menschelijke gestalte zou aangenomen hebben, alleen om daar een indruk van zijn voet achter te laten.