I slept none that night; the farther I was from the occasion of my fright, the greater my apprehensions were, which is something contrary to the nature of such things, and especially to the usual practice of all creatures in fear; but I was so embarrassed with my own frightful ideas of the thing, that I formed nothing but dismal imaginations to myself, even though I was now a great way off.
Ik sliep den geheelen nacht niet, en wat zonderling is, mijn angst was heviger geworden, naarmate ik verder van de oorzaak van denzelven verwijderd was. Hoe meer ik er over dacht, des te schrikkelijker beelden stelde mijne verbeelding mij voor oogen.