As for the gun itself, he would not so much as touch it for several days after; but he would speak to it and talk to it, as if it had answered him, when he was by himself; which, as I afterwards learned of him, was to desire it not to kill him.
Miután döbbenete kissé alábbhagyott, megkértem, hogy hozza el nekem a madarat. Ő el is indult, de nem tért vissza mindjárt, mert a madár nem döglött meg és jó messzire elvergődött attól a helytől, ahová lezuhant.