Upon this, plucking up my courage, I took up a firebrand, and in I rushed again, with the stick flaming in my hand: I had not gone three steps in before I was almost as frightened as before; for I heard a very loud sigh, like that of a man in some pain, and it was followed by a broken noise, as of words half expressed, and then a deep sigh again.
No obstante, después de una breve pausa, me repuse y comencé a decirme que era un tonto, que si había vivido veinte años solo en una isla no podía tener miedo del diablo y que en esa cueva no había nada más aterrador que yo mismo. En seguida recobré el valor, hice una gran tea y volví a entrar con ella en la mano.