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Someone, however, must have pitied the woman and sent for the captain, for scarcely had that arrogant man walked out the door when the host entered. This was one of those gaunt believers who have a natural talent for administrative tasks; the wrinkled brow of the realist and meaningfully drawn eyelids counterbalanced the smarmy piety in his eyes and his unctuous smile.
He informed them that it was utterly impossible to house womenfolk "under these circumstances. " He said that this establishment was solely a home for sailors, and thus had no room for ladies.