Робинзон Крузо

Wreck of a Spanish Ship

           Thiswasadreadfulsighttome,especiallywhen,goingdowntotheshore,Icouldseethemarksofhorrorwhichthedismalworktheyhadbeenabouthadleftbehindit,viz., theblood,thebones,andpartofthefleshofhumanbodies,eatenanddevouredbythosewretcheswithmerrimentandsport. Iwassofilledwithindignationatthesight,thatIbegannowtopremeditatethedestructionofthenextthatIsawthere,letthembewhoorhowmanysoever. 

           Itseemedevidenttomethatthevisitswhichtheythusmadetothisislandarenotveryfrequent,foritwasabovefifteenmonthsbeforeanymoreofthemcameonshorethereagain; thatistosay,Ineithersawthem,oranyfootstepsorsignalsofthem,inallthattime; for,astotherainyseasons,thentheyaresurenottocomeabroad,atleastnotsofar. YetallthiswhileIliveduncomfortablybyreasonoftheconstantapprehensionsIwasinoftheircominguponmebysurprise; fromwhenceIobserve,thattheexpectationofevilismorebitterthanthesuffering,especiallyifthereisnoroomtoshakeoffthatexpectation,orthoseapprehensions. 

           DuringallthistimeIwasinthemurderinghumor,andtookupmostofmyhours,whichshouldhavebeenbetteremployed,incontrivinghowtocircumventandfalluponthemtheverynexttimeIshouldseethem; especiallyiftheyshouldbedivided,astheywerethelasttime,intotwoparties. NordidIconsideratallthatifIkilledoneparty,supposeoftenoradozen,Iwasstillthenextday,orweek,ormonth,tokillanother,andsoanother,evenadinfinitum,tillIshouldbeatlengthnolessamurdererthantheywereinbeingman-eaters,andperhapsmoreso. 

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