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"The whole situation is rather contrary to etiquette, don't you think?" suggested Conrad. "There's nobody to introduce us, and I can't really see how we can do otherwise than ignore them. I certainly am not going to stand on deck and make eyes at them, to try and pick up an acquaintance with them, even if I am of a Byronic strain." THE WHOLE SITUATION IS RATHER CONTRARY TO ETIQUETTE DON'T YOU THINK SUGGESTED CONRAD THERE'S NOBODY TO INTRODUCE US AND I CAN'T REALLY SEE HOW WE CAN DO OTHERWISE THAN IGNORE THEM I CERTAINLY AM NOT GOING TO STAND ON DECK AND MAKE EYES AT THEM TO TRY TO PICK UP AN ACQUAINTANCE WITH THEM EVEN IF I AM OF A BYRONIC STRAIN
and emancipate woman. It’s my private opinion that if we are to get along with them at all the best thing to do is to let ’em alone. I have always found I was better off in the abstract, and if this question is going to be settled in a purely democratic fashion by submitting it to a vote, I’ll vote for any measure which involves leaving them strictly to themselves. They’re nothing but a lot of ghosts anyhow, like ourselves, and we can pretend we don’t see them.” “If that could be, it would be excellent,” said Morgan; “but it is impossible. For a pirate of the Byronic order, my dear Conrad, you are strangely unversed in the ways of the sex which cheers but not inebriates. We can no more ignore their presence upon this boat than we can expect whales to spout kerosene. In the first place, it would be excessively impolite of us to cut them—to decline to speak to them if they should address us. We may be pirates, ruffians, cutthroats, but I hope we shall never forget that we are gentlemen.”  TO DOMESTICATE MAN AND EMANCIPATE WOMAN IT'S MY PRIVATE OPINION THAT IF WE ARE TO GET ALONG WITH THEM AT ALL THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO LET EM ALONE I'VE ALWAYS FOUND I WAS BETTER OFF IN THE ABSTRACT AND IF THIS QUESTION IS GOING TO BE SETTLED IN A PURELY DEMOCRATIC FASHION BY SUBMITTING IT TO A VOTE I'LL VOTE FOR ANY MEASURE WHICH INVOLVES LEAVING THEM STRICTLY TO THEMSELVES THEY'RE NOTHING BUT A LOT OF GHOSTS ANYHOW LIKE OURSELVES AND WE CAN PRETEND THAT WE DON'T SEE THEM IF THAT COULD BE IT WOULD BE EXCELLENT SAID MORGAN BUT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR A PIRATE OF THE BYRONIC ORDER MY DEAR CONRAD YOU ARE STRANGELY UNVERSED IN THE WAYS OF THE SEX WHICH CHEERS BUT NOT INEBRIATES WE CAN NO MORE IGNORE THEIR PRESENCE UPON THIS BOAT THAN WE CAN EXPECT WHALES TO SPOUT KEROSENE IN THE FIRST PLACE IT WOULD BE EXCESSIVELY IMPOLITE OF US TO CUT THEM TO DECLINE TO SPEAK TO THEM IF THEY SHOULD ADDRESS US WE MAY BE PIRATES RUFFIANS CUTTHROATS BUT I HOPE THAT WE SHALL NEVER FORGET THAT WE ARE GENTLEMEN
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