Робинзон Крузо
A Dream Realised
Whenhecametohim,hestoodlikeoneamazed,lookingathim,turnedhimfirstononeside,thent’other,lookedatthewoundthebullethadmade, which,itseems,wasjustinhisbreast,whereithadmadeahole,andnogreatquantityofbloodhadfollowed;buthehadbledinwardly,forhewasquitedead. Hetookuphisbowandarrows,andcameback; soIturnedtoaway,andbeckonedtohimtofollowme,makingsignstohimthatmoremightcomeafterthem.
Uponthishesignedtomethatheshouldburythemwithsand,thattheymightnotbeseenbytherestiftheyfollowed; andsoImadesignsagaintohimtodoso. Hefelltowork,andinaninstanthehadscrapedaholeinthesandwithhishandsbigenoughtoburythefirstin,andthendraggedhimintoit,andcoveredhim,anddidsoalsobytheother. Ibelievehehadburiedthembothinaquarterofanhour. Thencallinghimaway,Icarriedhim,nottomycastle,butquiteawaytomycave,onthefartherpartoftheisland; soIdidnotletmydreamcometopassinthatpart,viz.,thathecameintomygroveforshelter.
HereIgavehimbreadandabunchofraisinstoeat,andadraughtofwater,whichIfoundhewasindeedingreatdistressfor,byhisrunning; andhavingrefreshedhim,Imadesignsforhimtogoliedownandsleep,pointingtoaplacewhereIhadlaidagreatparcelofrice-straw,andablanketuponit,whichIusedtosleepuponmyselfsometimes; sothepoorcreaturelaiddown,andwenttosleep.
Hewasacomely,handsomefellow,perfectlywellmade,withstraight,stronglimbs,nottoolarge,tall,andwell-shaped,and,asIreckoned,abouttwenty-sixyearsofage.
