He was right, but it took 17 years before he saw those cliffs again, and four and a half of those years were spent in solitary confinement in a Chinese prison!
وقد صدق شعوره ،‏ اذ لم يرَ انكلترا إلا بعد ١٧ سنة قضى اربعا ونصفا منها في سجن انفرادي في الصين !‏