Pray note, all this was the fruit of a disturbed mind, an impatient temper, made desperate, as it were, by the long continuance of my troubles, and the disappointments I had met in the wreck I had been on board of, and where I had been so near obtaining what I so earnestly longed for—somebody to speak to, and to learn some knowledge from them of the place where I was, and of the probable means of my deliverance.
Amit a hajóroncson találtam sem javított eddigi keserű sorsomon. Olyan vágyak ostromoltak, melyeket az ember nem enyhíthet semmiféle okoskodással.