3/21 If you ask an East Anglian questions he will tell you nothing; if you do not inquire he will tell you less. More especially is it considered, in seafaring communities, impolite to make inquiry into your neighbour's misfortune. If a man have the ill luck to lose his ship, he may well go through the rest of his life without hearing the mention of her name. It was understood in Farlingford that Loo Barebone had resigned his post on "The Last Hope" in order to claim a heritage in France. He had returned home, and was living quietly at Maidens Grave Farm with Mrs.Clubbe.It was, therefore, to be presumed that he had failed in his quest. |