“He is not married, I suppose?”
“No, my lady. Marriage and piracy do not go together.”
“What if his wife should love the sea?”
“Women are apt to obey the laws of nature, my lady, and produce babies.”
“Ah, very true, William.”
“And women who produce babies have a liking for their own fireside, they no longer want to roam. So a man is faced at once with a
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