|
The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from A Footnote to History by Robert Louis Stevenson: us this one." So, when the visit was done, they departed in the
boat. The pastor, meanwhile, travelled into Savaii the best way he
could, sold a parcel of land, and begged mats among his other
relatives, to pay the remainder of the price of the boat which was
no longer his. You might think this was enough; but some months
later, the harpies, having broken a thwart, brought back the boat
to be repaired and repainted by the original owner.
Such customs, it might be argued, being double-edged, will
ultimately right themselves. But it is otherwise in practice.
Such folk as the pastor's harpy relatives will generally have a
boat, and will never have paid for it; such men as the pastor may
|
