Joe duia al magí d'ésser ermita, i viure de rosegons en una remota caverna, i morir-se paulatinament, de fred i necessitat i dolor; pero, després d'haver parat atenció a Tom, concedí que una vida de crim oferia alguns eminents aventatges: així és que consentí a ésser pirata.
Joe was for being a hermit, and living on crusts in a remote cave, and dying, some time, of cold and want and grief; but after listening to Tom, he conceded that there were some conspicuous advantages about a life of crime, and so he consented to be a pirate.