All this labour I was at the expense of, purely from my apprehensions on account of the print of a man’s foot; for as yet I had never seen any human creature come near the island; and I had now lived two years under this uneasiness, which, indeed, made my life much less comfortable than it was before, as may be well imagined by any who know what it is to live in the constant snare of the fear of man.
Mi tagadás, ez a két év a korábbiaknál sokkal több gondot és aggodalmat okozott nekem. Bármiként küzdöttem is a gondolat ellen, újra meg újra visszatért a fenyegetettség érzete, és még vallásos beállítottságom is jelentős csorbát szenvedett miatta.