My comrade, who had helped to harden me before, and who was the master’s son, was now less forward than I. The first time he spoke to me after we were at Yarmouth, which was not till two or three days, for we were separated in the town to several quarters; I say, the first time he saw me, it appeared his tone was altered; and, looking very melancholy, and shaking his head, he asked me how I did, and telling his father who I was, and how I had come this voyage only for a trial, in order to go further abroad, his father, turning to me with a very grave and concerned tone “Young man,” says he, “you ought never to go to sea any more; you ought to take this for a plain and visible token that you are not to be a seafaring man.”
La primera vez que me habló, que no fue hasta pasados tres o cuatro días de nuestro desembarco en Yarmouth, puesto que en el pueblo nos separaron en distintos alojamientos; como decía, la primera vez que me vio, me pareció notar un cambio en su tono. Con un aspecto melancólico y un movimiento de cabeza me preguntó cómo estaba, le dijo a su padre quién era yo y le explicó que había hecho este viaje a modo de prueba para luego embarcarme en un viaje más largo.