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Seafaring people talk like this, because they are silly, and do not know any better. It is no use being angry with them. SEAFARING PEOPLE TALK LIKE THIS BECAUSE THEY ARE SILLY AND DO NOT KNOW ANY BETTER IT IS NO USE BEING ANGRY WITH THEM
ip, and feel aristocratic and sick. A mate, or a boatswain, or an admiral, or one of those sort of people--I could not be sure, in the darkness, which it was--came up to me as I was leaning with my head against the paddle-box, and asked me what I thought of the ship. He said she was a new boat, and that this was her first voyage. I said I hoped she would get a bit steadier as she grew older. He replied: "Yes, she is a bit skittish to-night." What it seemed to me was, that the ship would try to lie down and go to sleep on her right side; and then, before she had given that position a fair trial, would suddenly change her mind, and think she could do it better on her left. At the moment the man came up to me she was trying to stand on her head; and before he had finished speaking she had given up this attempt, in which, however, she had very nearly succeeded, and had, apparently, decided to now play at getting out of the water altogether. And this is what he called being a "bit skittish! D STICK TO THE SWAGGER PART OF THE SHIP AND FEEL ARISTOCRATIC AND SICK A MATE OR A BOATSWAIN OR AN ADMIRAL OR ONE OF THOSE SORT OF PEOPLE I COULD NOT BE SURE IN THE DARKNESS WHICH IT WAS CAME UP TO ME AS I WAS LEANING WITH MY HEAD AGAINST A PADDLE BOX AND ASKED ME WHAT I THOUGHT OF THE SHIP HE SAID SHE WAS A NEW BOAT AND THAT THIS WAS HER FIRST VOYAGE I SAID I HOPED SHE WOULD GET A BIT STEADIER AS SHE GREW OLDER HE REPLIED YES SHE IS A BIT SKITTISH TO NIGHT WHAT IT SEEMED TO ME WAS THAT THE SHIP WOULD TRY TO LIE DOWN AND GO TO SLEEP ON HER RIGHT SIDE AND THEN BEFORE SHE HAD GIVEN THAT POSITION A FAIR TRIAL WOULD SUDDENLY CHANGE HER MIND AND THINK SHE COULD DO IT BETTER ON HER LEFT AT THE MOMENT THE MAN CAME UP TO ME SHE WAS TRYING TO STAND ON HER HEAD AND BEFORE HE HAD FINISHED SPEAKING SHE HAD GIVEN UP THIS ATTEMPT IN WHICH HOWEVER SHE HAD VERY NEARLY SUCCEEDED AND HAD APPARENTLY DECIDED TO NOW PLAY AT GETTING OUT OF THE WATER ALTOGETHER AND THIS IS WHAT HE CALLED BEING A BIT SKITTISH
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