The conduct of my relative disappointed me much.

It shook my confidence in mankind, and paralyzed my small stock of self-esteem a quality essential to even ordinary success in life.
Captain Thompson, perceiving my dejected air, inquired into the particulars of my interview.

I related to him the facts, but suggested excuses, and placed the matter in as favorable a light as the truth would admit.

The straightforward sailor, however, saw through it all.
He could not contain his indignation: after letting it explode in true sailor fashion, he concluded with this piece of practical philosophy: "Never mind, Hawser; 'tis the way of the world.

I have always found it so.