This thought ran long in my head, and I was exceeding fond of it for some time, the pleasantness of the place tempting me; but when I came to a nearer view of it, I considered that I was now by the seaside, where it was at least possible that something might happen to my advantage, and, by the same ill fate that brought me hither might bring some other unhappy wretches to the same place; and though it was scarce probable that any such thing should ever happen, yet to enclose myself among the hills and woods in the centre of the island was to anticipate my bondage, and to render such an affair not only improbable, but impossible; and that therefore I ought not by any means to remove.
A gondolat tartósan foglalkoztatott, és beleéltem magam, milyen kellemes lenne a másik lakóhelyen élni, de amikor jobban belegondoltam, rájöttem, hogy a jelenlegi lakóhelyemen legalább érhet valami hasznos változás. Ahogy engem idehozott a balsors, úgy más hajó is zátonyra futhat a szigetnek ennél az oldalánál, ha túl közel merészkedik.