Possibly I might be blamed a bit for my truantry, but the recapture of the Hispaniola was a clenching answer, and I hoped that even Captain Smollett would confess I had not lost my time.

也许会因为擅离职守而受到，夺回伊斯班袅拉则是最有力的答。望就是斯莫列特船长也会承认没有浪费时间。