However, it was not religion that kept me from going there for the present; and as I had made no scruple of being openly of the religion of the country all the while I was among them, so neither did I yet; only that, now and then, having of late thought more of it than formerly, when I began to think of living and dying among them, I began to regret having professed myself a Papist, and thought it might not be the best religion to die with.
Voltak ugyan némi fenntartásaim eltérő vallásukkal kapcsolatban, de ez nem tartott volna vissza, hiszen éltem már közöttük. Az is igaz, hogy a vallás kérdése jobban foglalkoztatott, mint korábban, és egyre kevésbé volt kedvem pápista vallásúként elhagyni a földi létet.