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Chapter 6

           Youcan’texpecttheconstitutedauthoritiestoinquireintothestateofaman’ssoul—orisitonlyofhisliver?Theirbusinesswastocomedownupontheconsequences,andfrankly,acasualpolicemagistrateandtwonauticalassessorsarenotmuchgoodforanythingelse.Idon’tmeantoimplythesefellowswerestupid.Themagistratewasverypatient.Oneoftheassessorswasasailing-shipskipperwithareddishbeard,andofapiousdisposition.Brierlywastheother.BigBrierly.SomeofyoumusthaveheardofBigBrierly—thecaptainofthecrackshipoftheBlueStarline.That’stheman.

           ‘Heseemedconsumedlyboredbythehonourthrustuponhim.Hehadneverinhislifemadeamistake,neverhadanaccident,neveramishap,neveracheckinhissteadyrise,andheseemedtobeoneofthoseluckyfellowswhoknownothingofindecision,muchlessofself-mistrust.Atthirty-twohehadoneofthebestcommandsgoingintheEasterntrade—and,what’smore,hethoughtalotofwhathehad.Therewasnothinglikeitintheworld,andIsupposeifyouhadaskedhimpoint-blankhewouldhaveconfessedthatinhisopiniontherewasnotsuchanothercommander.Thechoicehadfallenupontherightman.Therestofmankindthatdidnotcommandthesixteen-knotsteelsteamerOssawereratherpoorcreatures.

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