( No reason to bar the girl's passage, when she lands. He stands aside, affording her a wide berth, so she might arrive on deck without trouble or obstacle in sight.
At the last moment, he extends a hand, should she want it, when she raises herself to stand. A gentleman, by any other name. )
As her captain, would I not know how she came about?
( And this being his answer, eyes steeled, perhaps there's reason to suspect he withholds the details of the Pariah's origin for his own pleasure. )
She joined our family three years gone. She is a beauty.
*on our conscience, wow
At the last moment, he extends a hand, should she want it, when she raises herself to stand. A gentleman, by any other name. )
As her captain, would I not know how she came about?
( And this being his answer, eyes steeled, perhaps there's reason to suspect he withholds the details of the Pariah's origin for his own pleasure. )
She joined our family three years gone. She is a beauty.