![]() Before she comes to clean the room, the captain asks Leggatt to hide in the bathroom and he instructs the steward to clean the room while he was taking bath. The next morning as the steward comes with coffee, the captain acts strangely but she leaves the room with out any doubt. The L shaped Stateroom was also advantageous because visitors cannot view the host. In this room, Leggatt explains how he escaped from the Sephora. The stateroom was in L shape and this serves as an important place in the story. However, Leggatt was held for his offense later and the Captain took Leggatt to his stateroom. He describes the murder and how the person was taken into the sea by the storm and then subsided when the sea was calm. Leggatt tells how he murdered the evil person when all other seaman were working to set a reefed foresail. While Leggatt was narrating his story the captain feels that they have many similarities and common experiences in life. He was held prisoner for his crime in the Sephora. He had killed a man onboard whom he justifies was an evil person. Leggatt was a young chief mate of the Sephora. The Captain lends him some dress and they both engage in conversation and Leggatt tells his story and how he came into such a trouble. The man named Leggatt gets on board with the Captains’ help. ![]() The whole of the ship was than asleep and it was quiet everywhere. To his surprise the Captain finds a naked swimmer floating at the end of the ladder. The captain then walks down the deck in his night suit and soon discovers that a rope side ladder is still hanging from the ship. ![]() Since a favorable wind is essential for a safe sail, the young captain himself takes the anchor watch that surprises the crew. As the ship sets to sail and waits for favorable wind, the sun starts setting and soon the surroundings are dark. The novel opens with an unnamed ship anchored in the Meinam River, in the Gulf of Siam. It is one of Conrad’s best short works and is an autobiographical piece of writing. The Secret Sharer is a profoundly interpersonal novel and also has an element of modernity. ![]()
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