Путешествие Гулливера

Chapter 11

           Butheadded,"thatsinceIprofessedsoinviolableanattachmenttotruth,Imustgivehimmywordandhonourtobearhimcompanyinthisvoyage,withoutattemptinganythingagainstmylife;orelsehewouldcontinuemeaprisonertillwearrivedatLisbon."Igavehimthepromiseherequired;butatthesametimeprotested,"thatIwouldsufferthegreatesthardships,ratherthanreturntoliveamongYahoos."

           Ourvoyagepassedwithoutanyconsiderableaccident.Ingratitudetothecaptain,Isometimessatwithhim,athisearnestrequest,andstrovetoconcealmyantipathyagainsthumankind,althoughitoftenbrokeout;whichhesufferedtopasswithoutobservation.ButthegreatestpartofthedayIconfinedmyselftomycabin,toavoidseeinganyofthecrew.Thecaptainhadoftenentreatedmetostripmyselfofmysavagedress,andofferedtolendmethebestsuitofclotheshehad.ThisIwouldnotbeprevailedontoaccept,abhorringtocovermyselfwithanythingthathadbeenonthebackofaYahoo.Ionlydesiredhewouldlendmetwocleanshirts,which,havingbeenwashedsinceheworethem,Ibelievedwouldnotsomuchdefileme.TheseIchangedeverysecondday,andwashedthemmyself.

           WearrivedatLisbon,Nov.5,1715.Atourlanding,thecaptainforcedmetocovermyselfwithhiscloak,topreventtherabblefromcrowdingaboutme.Iwasconveyedtohisownhouse;andatmyearnestrequestheledmeuptothehighestroombackwards.

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