Робинзон Крузо
A Dream Realised
ThenImadehimajerkinofgoat’s-skin,aswellasmyskillwouldallow,andIwasnowgrownatolerablegoodtailor; andIgavehimacap,whichIhadmadeofahare-skin,veryconvenientandfashionableenough; andthushewasclothedforthepresenttolerablywell,andwasmightywellpleasedtoseehimselfalmostaswellclothedashismaster. Itistruehewentawkwardlyinthesethingsatfirst; wearingthedrawerswasveryawkwardtohim,andthesleevesofthewaistcoatgalledhisshoulders,andtheinsideofhisarms; butalittleeasingthemwherehecomplainedtheyhurthim,usinghimselftothem,atlengthhetooktothemverywell.
ThenextdayafterIcamehometomyhutchwithhim,IbegantoconsiderwhereIshouldlodgehim. AndthatImightdowellforhim,andyetbeperfectlyeasymyself,Imadealittletentforhiminthevacantplacebetweenmytwofortifications,intheinsideofthelastandintheoutsideofthefirst; andastherewasadoororentrancethereintomycave,Imadeaformalframeddoorcase,andadoortoitofboards,andsetitupinthepassage,alittlewithintheentrance;andcausingthedoortoopenontheinside,Ibarreditupinthenight,takinginmyladders,too; sothatFridaycouldnowaycomeatmeintheinsideofmyinnermostwallwithoutmakingsomuchnoiseingettingoverthatitmustneedswakenme; formyfirstwallhadnowacompleteroofoveritoflongpoles,coveringallmytent,andleaninguptothesideofthehill, whichwasagainlaidacrosswithsmallersticksinsteadoflaths,andthenthatchedoveragreatthicknesswiththerice-straw,whichwasstrong,likereeds; andattheholeorplacewhichwaslefttogoinoroutbytheladder,Ihadplacedakindoftrap-door,which,ifithadbeenattemptedontheoutside,wouldnothaveopenatall,butwouldhavefallendown,andmadeagreatnoise; andastoweapons,Itookthemallintomysideeverynight.
