[ As for Irving, it is the debauchery of this place that he's struggled -- and still continues to struggle -- with, his repressed Victorian English Christian sensibilities all working rather strongly against him in terms of allowing for any kind of more straightforward adaptation.
The irony perhaps being that he's certainly no 30-year-old virgin, nor is he even particularly sexually inexperienced (at least in terms of number, if clearly not quite creativity or adventurousness yet), no matter how prudish he may seem; by and large, sex in itself is not the issue for him, but rather, the depravity. ]
I take it you must be referring to Lieutenant Thomas Jopson.
[ Technically there are two "other ones" that Irving is aware of so far, at least in terms of Royal Navy in particular, but he refuses to acknowledge Cornelius Hickey if he doesn't actually have to.
And at least now Irving knows why Jopson hadn't warned him there were pirates here, although how he could have possibly missed such a fact is something Irving may have to ponder more on later.
Much, much later. The words "a ship can't leave this place," not to mention everything else that follows, makes Irving's blood immediately run cold. He wills his hands not to start shaking around his coffee cup. ]
Then we really are trapped here. Indefinitely trapped. [ He suppose it makes sense, though; if people could escape so simply, then surely there would no longer be anyone still here. ] How do you live with it, Mr. Rackham?
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The irony perhaps being that he's certainly no 30-year-old virgin, nor is he even particularly sexually inexperienced (at least in terms of number, if clearly not quite creativity or adventurousness yet), no matter how prudish he may seem; by and large, sex in itself is not the issue for him, but rather, the depravity. ]
I take it you must be referring to Lieutenant Thomas Jopson.
[ Technically there are two "other ones" that Irving is aware of so far, at least in terms of Royal Navy in particular, but he refuses to acknowledge Cornelius Hickey if he doesn't actually have to.
And at least now Irving knows why Jopson hadn't warned him there were pirates here, although how he could have possibly missed such a fact is something Irving may have to ponder more on later.
Much, much later. The words "a ship can't leave this place," not to mention everything else that follows, makes Irving's blood immediately run cold. He wills his hands not to start shaking around his coffee cup. ]
Then we really are trapped here. Indefinitely trapped. [ He suppose it makes sense, though; if people could escape so simply, then surely there would no longer be anyone still here. ] How do you live with it, Mr. Rackham?