But I did so because I was happy, because I had not courted death, because to be cast upon a bed of rocks and seaweed seemed terrible, because I was unwilling that I, a creature made for the service of God, should serve for food to the gulls and ravens.

• 我之所以那样做，因为那时我处在幸福之中，挽回了生命就是挽回了欢乐，我不允许那样的去死，不愿意那样的去死，那长眠在岩石和海藻所筑成的床上的景象是很可怕的，因为我不愿意自己这个上帝依照他自己的模样创造出来的人去喂海鸥和乌鸦。