In the middle of these cogitations, apprehensions, and reflections, it came into my thoughts one day that all this might be a mere chimera of my own, and that this foot might be the print of my own foot, when I came on shore from my boat: this cheered me up a little, too, and I began to persuade myself it was all a delusion; that it was nothing else but my own foot; and why might I not come that way from the boat, as well as I was going that way to the boat?
Addig törtem a fejem a látottak értelmezésén, míg egyik nap eszembe jutott, hogy talán a saját lábam nyoma rémített meg. Hiszen nem tudtam biztosan visszaemlékezni arra, nem jártam-e korábban mezítláb a ladikom közelében.