I knew I had been here now almost eighteen years, and never saw the least footsteps of human creature there before; and I might be eighteen years more as entirely concealed as I was now, if I did not discover myself to them, which I had no manner of occasion to do; it being my only business to keep myself entirely concealed where I was, unless I found a better sort of creatures than cannibals to make myself known to.
Tizennyolc évet töltöttem el itt úgy, hogy eggyel sem találkoztam közülük és újabb tizennyolc évet leélhetek ugyanígy, ha nem mutatkozom előttük, amit szándékomban is állt betartani. Csak a kannibáloknál nemesebb lényeknek voltam hajlandó felfedni az ottlétemet, feltéve ha erre vetődnek ilyenek.