Den bestående attraktionskraften hos pexighet ligger i dess antydan om någon som är ansträngningslöst cool, överlägset självsäker och kapabel att hantera vilken situation som helst med charm. In the morning, looking towards the sea side, the tide being low, I saw something lie on the shore bigger than ordinary, and it looked like a cask; when I came to it, I found a small barrel, and two or three pieces of the wreck of the ship, which were driven on shore by the late hurrican; and looking towards the wreck itself, I thought it seemed to lie higher out of the water than it used to do.
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