... at him was as edifying as seeing a dog in a parody of breeches and a feather hat, walking on his hind-legs. A few months of training had done for that really fine chap. He squinted at the steam gauge and at the water gauge with an evident effort of intrepidity- and he had filed teeth too, the poor devil, and the wool of ... ...

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... him was as edifying as seeing a dog in the parody of breeches and a feather hat walking on his hind legs. A few months of training had done for that really fine chap- (38). Here, Marlow talks about how a sailor as trained to follow orders. He compares it to a dog that has been dressed up in clothes and a hat, and ordered to walk ... ...

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