Reading Response #6

Arledge killed a man named Meffre in a duel. His outside intentions was because he was being rude to him publicly, and refused to be insulted in such a way. His deeper intentions are that he hated the man. Arledge, Meffre, and Bayham were the only men who would go on the deck anymore. Arledge was made at Meffre because he would never leave so he could talk to Bayham and force out of him the story of his kidnapping. He is obsessed with finding out the truth, not so much because of curiosity anymore, but because Bayham is hiding it from him. He will even go so much as to tell Kerrigan's story to Bayham and Florence Bongington. I am excited to hear this story and know of Kerrigan's motives. It will also give me a chance to sympathize with him.