When he had done this, we came back to our castle; and there I fell to work for my man Friday; and first of all, I gave him a pair of linen drawers, which I had out of the poor gunner’s chest I mentioned, which I found in the wreck, and which, with a little alteration, fitted him very well; and then I made him a jerkin of goat’s skin, as well as my skill would allow (for I was now grown a tolerably good tailor); and I gave him a cap which I made of hare’s skin, very convenient, and fashionable enough; and thus he was clothed, for the present, tolerably well, and was mighty well pleased to see himself almost as well clothed as his master.
Entonces, le confeccioné, lo mejor que pude, una casaca de cuero de cabra, pues me había convertido en un sastre medianamente diestro, y le di una gorra de piel de liebre, muy cómoda y bastante elegante. De este modo, logré vestirlo adecuadamente y él se mostró muy contento de verse casi tan bien vestido como su amo.