This appeared so clear to me now, that nothing was a greater satisfaction to me than that I had not been suffered to do a thing which I now saw so much reason to believe would have been no less a sin than that of wilful murder if I had committed it; and I gave most humble thanks on my knees to God, that He had thus delivered me from blood-guiltiness; beseeching Him to grant me the protection of His providence, that I might not fall into the hands of the barbarians, or that I might not lay my hands upon them, unless I had a more clear call from Heaven to do it, in defence of my own life.
De pronto, todo esto me parecía tan claro que me sentí muy satisfecho de no haber cometido una acción que habría sido tan pecaminosa como un crimen premeditado. Me arrodillé y di gracias a Dios, humildemente, por haberme librado del pecado de sangre y le imploré que me concediera la protección de su Providencia para no caer en manos de los bárbaros, ni tener que poner las mías sobre ellos, a menos que el cielo me lo indicara claramente, en defensa de mi propia vida.