Chapter 4: Tomorrow

Answer: Both Captain Hagberd and old Mr Carvil are impatient people who have no patients. They both overreact on a particular issue as their power to control things is nil. Captain Hagberd’s love for his son makes him go mad and lose his mind when he listens to something about his son. Both are in the same boat but in different situations. Old Mr Carvil, a fat blind man who had given himself up to the very lust of laziness, calls Bessie when he wants something and throws up his voice like he is not in control.

Answer: Captain Hagberd advertised his missing son, Harry Hagberd, in the Sunday papers. These sheets were read in foreign parts to the end of the world. He informed Bessie about the advertisements he made. At the same time, he seemed to think that his son was in England, so near to Colebrook, and he was waiting for his son to turn up the next day or someday. Bessie, without committing herself to that opinion, argued in that case, the expense of advertising was unnecessary. It would be better if Captain Hagberd spent that weekly half-crown on himself. Miss Bessie referred to it as Captain’s outbreaks. She shook her finger at him angrily. These acts of Captain Hagberd sometimes make Bessie feel irritated and disgusted.