Remnants of a Letter from an Unknown Marooned Sailor
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To whomever finds this,
I am [missing text]
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Blamed for all evils, they left me here to rot my life away. [missing text for several sentences] What has I done to deserve this fate? I followed orders to the letter, was called by the Captain as a model sailor and [missing text for several sentences.] But here I am, on this island alone because my accusers believed it was right! What a load of [missing text]
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It is not the weather that haunts me. It has been rather pleasant. It is not the food nor water, I have plenty. It is not my physical health. No, It is the loneliness and depression I have been struck with that have made me miserable. I had started to build a boat to return home, but I long ago abandoned it because I know I shall not be welcomed. My once high spirit to fight on has been crushed under the weight of the agony of my reality. Where I once had friends a plenty on the ship, my only friends are what is left of my rum and the seagulls which shit everywhere.
I am truly convinced in my heart of hearts that my accusers are evil men. I did not speak up when they did it to [ineligible for the rest of the sentence.] Nor did I when they did it to [ineligible for the rest of the sentence.] I falsely presume that they were guilty, but fate has told me otherwise. I do pray for vengeance on those whose hath made my life ruined. I will never see my young wife nor my child again because of these foul men. This pain haunts me as greatly as my loneliness. They drove me out for their own desires and cared not for me. Those who considered me friends were liars and tricked me. May they burn in hell. May all of those who spread false rumors and talk foully of the innocent meet a worse fate than me. For my life shall end on my own terms, by my own hands. May they never receive such an honourable fate from the divines! To those who read this, pity not my fate but rather know that these bastards by the names of [ineligible for the rest of the sentence.] Do an old sailor a favour and use my words as testimony that they may be keelhauled. To my [ineligible] I will see you in the next life, [ineligible for the rest of the paragraph.]
Signed,
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