I have presented this matter thus quotationally because I am anxious to emphasize Conrad's understanding loyalty to his art...

[Professor Macheo] Payne said. It’s going to soil and spoil the kujichagulia of Juneteenth. ... It’s going to feel like it’s theirs, too.

See all these sheep over there? All those kids are gonna be racing. […] What's this called again? Mutton busting. Mutton busting?]

That's what I was thinking, but then I remembered he'd never been to sea, that I'd only started calling him The Captain because he wore a captain's hat during a game of gin rummy at his grandmother's apartment one time while she was out of town.