Chapter 9
Illness, dream and repentance
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1 From above, the lone island after the quake shows its wreck and a half-circle of stakes
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2 At low tide, Crusoe stands before the heaved-up wreck, seeing he can walk right up to it
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3 In a fever dream, a fiery figure with a spear judges the terrified sick castaway
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4 Feverish in his cave, Crusoe weeps and cries out to God in his first prayer in years
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5 In the lamplit cave, the sick castaway kneels by his bed and prays for the first time
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6 Pale after his fever, Crusoe kneels in the cave and gives thanks for his recovery
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7 In the lamplit cave, Crusoe flings down the Bible and raises both hands to heaven in joy
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