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Margarita XXXVII
Contributed by
ramfire
on
Thursday, 17th October 2002 @ 11:15:00 AM in AEST
Topic:
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The captain speaks about Lahaina place
and missionaries changing living style.
Of open thievery seen there's hardly trace.
It's better haven free of most things vile.
For those who break the peace there's jail and trial.
Huerra studied the captain. There was something about him he didn't like.
Maybe it was his broad shoulders and youth. Maybe it was his seeming
callowness in sharing personal thoughts with employer and stranger. Such
confession seemed naive, overly trusting. Enforcement of flogging though,
meant he wasn't weak spirited. If anything, it made him someone to respect.
Huerra couldn't put his finger on it. Captain Thompson was a Yanqui and
perhaps that was reason enough. Considering glowing tip of his cigar, Huerra
ventured a question. " Did you find Lahaina interesting, captain?"
Ship's master was uncertain what was meant by interesting. Was the
Californian asking about Captain Luego's death and his promotion, about
people and customs, or about flora and fauna? "In what way do you mean, sir?"
"What did you see or do that might interest us?"
Captain Thompson hesitated. " I found it a better place to be than ten years ago."
"In what way?" Huerra asked probing.
"Missionaries are changing pagan customs, sir. Christianity's becoming
the island's religion. There's law and order among the people for the first time.
They have their own small police force and jail. Outrageous acts of
debauchery by seamen, common ten years ago, are now the exception."
"And captain Luego's death, was that an exception?"
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2002-10-17 11:15:00]
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Re: Margarita XXXVII
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by Essentially9 on
Thursday, 25th November 2004 @ 07:03:39 PM AEST
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