Sailors will understand what I mean." Marlow nodded.

"It is a strictly professional feeling," he commented.
"But other professions or trades know nothing of it.

It is only this calling whose primary appeal lies in the suggestion of restless adventure which holds out that deep sensation to those who embrace it.

It is difficult to define, I admit." "I should call it the peace of the sea," said Mr.Charles Powell in an earnest tone but looking at us as though he expected to be met by a laugh of derision and were half prepared to salve his reputation for common sense by joining in it.

But neither of us laughed at Mr.Charles Powell in whose start in life we had been called to take a part.