It happen d , being in company with some merchants and planters of my acquaintance , and talking of those things very earnestly , three of them came to me the next morning , and told me they had been musing very much urn what i had discoursed with them of , the last night , and they came to make a secret proposal to me ; and after enjoining me secrecy , they told me , that t to me to the brasils , among which , without my direction for i was too young in my business to think of them he had taken care to have all sorts of tools , iron - work , and utensils necessary for my plantation , and which were of great use to me 这位正直的葡萄牙船长到了里斯本之后,通过在里斯本的某个英国商人,设法把我的信以及我冒险经历的详情,送达在伦敦的一位商人这位伦敦商人又把我的情况详详细细地转告了那位寡妇。这位太太接到了信,获知了我的遭遇后,不仅把钱如数交出,还从自己的私人积蓄中拿出一笔钱来酬谢葡萄牙船长,以报答他对我的恩情。