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.
A megbánásnak nem akartam helyt adni, mert rég legyőzött gyengeségnek tartottam. Elhitettem magammal, hogy ezt a veszélyt, mint az elsőt, csak képzelem.