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He probably looked sane enough for all the practical purposes of

commercial life But I am not so certain that he really was quite sane

at that time

However, he ju hiirl to sea-life by a co that happened, everything he

heard, casual words, unrelated phrases, seeement, confirmed him in his resolution And indeed to be busy

with ainst reflection, fears,

doubts--all these things which stand in the way of achieve to cut his throat would experience a sort of

relief while occupied in stropping his razor carefully

And Anthony was extre for himself and for the

luckless Flora, an impossible existence He went about it with no s or made of iron instead of

flesh and blood An existence, mind you, which, on shore, in the thick

of mankind, of varied interests, of distractions, of infinite

opportunities to preserve your distance from each other, is hardly

conceivable; but on board ship, at sea, en tete-a-tete for days and

weeks andbut mental torture, an

exquisite absurdity of torenuousness is displayed in a touching way by his care to

procure souaranteed

perfect respectability gave hiht When he