I was denied an interview with the woman I had loved, even worshipped.

The man who had professed to be my friend now turned his back on me, and denied me even an explanation." All the fire there was left in the old man now seemed to kindle into a blaze, and the fiercer elements of his nature took possession of him.
"To make the matter worse," he continued, "our good, kind, and brave captain was relieved, transferred back to the navy, and this man, who had outraged my confidence and made my life wretched, appointed to fill his place.

I resolved to be revenged.

But how could it be got?
How could I punish the man who had so wronged me without rebelling against my country, against God's laws, and against society?
The devil told me it could be done.
"As it was not a question of conscience with me, in the frame of mind I was then in, there was no trouble in following the devil's advice.

I conceived a plan for sending this captain out of the world by the shortest road, seizing the ship, and roving unrestrained upon the free sea.