Now I began to take courage, and to peep abroad again, for I had not stirred out of my castle for three days and nights, so that I began to starve for provisions; for I had little or nothing within doors but some barley-cakes and water; then I knew that my goats wanted to be milked too, which usually was my evening diversion: and the poor creatures were in great pain and inconvenience for want of it; and, indeed, it almost spoiled some of them, and almost dried up their milk.
Most hogy sikerült lelket öntenem magamba, három nap után újra kimerészkedtem otthonról. Élelmiszer-tartalékaim hiányosak voltak, árpacipón és vízen kívül már nem nagyon volt másom, és szegény kecskéimről is megfeledkeztem.