"In short, my dear miss, I have a great deal of knowledge and experience in the world, therefore take my advice: divert yourself, and prevail upon each passenger to tell his story, and if there is one of them all that has not cursed his existence many times, and said to himself over and over again that he was the most wretched of mortals, I give you leave to throw me headfirst into the sea."
Señorita, yo tengo experiencia, y se lo que es el mundo: vaya vm. preguntando á cada pasagero uno por uno la historia de su vida, y mande que me arrojen de cabeza en el mar, si encuentra uno solo que no haya maldecido cien veces la exîstencia, y que no se haya creido el mas desventurado de los mortales.