He was lucky in his audience.
"A very good name," said Marlow looking at him approvingly.

"A sailor finds a deep feeling of security in the exercise of his calling.

The exacting life of the sea has this advantage over the life of the earth that its claims are simple and cannot be evaded." "Gospel truth," assented Mr.Powell.

"No! they cannot be evaded." That an excellent understanding should have established itself between my old friend and our new acquaintance was remarkable enough.

For they were exactly dissimilar--one individuality projecting itself in length and the other in breadth, which is already a sufficient ground for irreconcilable difference.