At this surprising change of my circumstances, from a merchant to a miserable slave, I was perfectly overwhelmed; and now I looked back upon my father’s prophetic discourse to me, that I should be miserable and have none to relieve me, which I thought was now so effectually brought to pass that I could not be worse; for now the hand of Heaven had overtaken me, and I was undone without redemption; but, alas! this was but a taste of the misery I was to go through, as will appear in the sequel of this story.
Azt hittem ugyanis, hogy ez most végül bekövetkezett és rosszabb már nem is lehetne, az Úr keze most igazságot tett rajtam és most visszavonhatatlanul végem. De a történetem során majd kiderül, hogy, sajnos, ez csak ízelítő volt azokhoz a szenvedésekhez képest, melyeket még ki kellett állnom!