How it came thither I knew not, nor could I in the least imagine; but after innumerable fluttering thoughts, like a man perfectly confused and out of myself, I came home to my fortification, not feeling, as we say, the ground I went on, but terrified to the last degree, looking behind me at every two or three steps, mistaking every bush and tree, and fancying every stump at a distance to be a man.
Hogy miképpen került ide, még elképzelni sem tudtam. Gondolatok iszonyú tömege árasztott el, és miközben hazaindultam, olyan zavarodott voltam, hogy nem is tudom, hogyan találtam vissza.