In the next place I went in to fetch my perspective glass to see what I could make of them; and having taken the ladder out, I climbed up to the top of the hill, as I used to do when I was apprehensive of anything, and to take my view the plainer without being discovered.
A continuación, fui a buscar mi catalejo, a fin de ver si los reconocía. Tomé la escalera para subir a la colina, como solía hacerlo cuando desconfiaba de algo, y para poder observar sin riesgo de ser descubierto.