At first I thought of my old friend the widow, who I knew was honest, and would be just to me; but then she was in years, and but poor, and, for aught I knew, might be in debt: so that, in a word, I had no way but to go back to England myself and take my effects with me.
Eerst dacht ik aan mijne oude vriendin, de weduwe, wier eerlijkheid mij bekend was, maar zij was hoogbejaard en arm, misschien wel in schulden stekende; zoodat ik begreep zelf naar Engeland te moeten terugkeeren en mijne bezittingen mede te nemen.