After having steadily traversed that long journey, overcome a hundred obstacles, braved many dangers, and still found time to do some good on his way, to fail near the goal by a sudden event which he could not have foreseen, and against which he was unarmed; it was terrible!
¡Después de haber seguido con planta certera todo el viaje; después de haber destruido mil obstáculos y arrostrado mil peligros; después de haber tenido hasta ocasión de hacer algunos beneficios, venir a fracasar en el puerto mismo ante un hecho brutal, era cosa terrible!