"Home, with a will! Give way, men!" And not another word he spoke, till they touched the steps at Bridlington.

Then he fixed stern eyes upon Cadman, who vainly strove to meet them, and he said, "Come to me in one hour and a half." Cadman touched his hat without an answer, saw to the boat, and then went home along the quay.
Carroway, though of a violent temper, especially when laughed at, was not of that steadfast and sedentary wrath which chews the cud of grievances, and feeds upon it in a shady place.

He had a good wife--though a little overclean--and seven fine-appetited children, who gave him the greatest pleasure in providing victuals.

Also, he had his pipe, and his quiet corners, sacred to the atmosphere and the private thoughts of Carroway.

And here he would often be ambitious even now, perceiving no good reason why he might not yet command a line-of-battle ship, and run up his own flag, and nobly tread his own lofty quarter-deck.