Question

What was the point of similarity between Captain Hagberd and old Mr Carvil?

Answer 1

Captain Hagberd and old Mr. Carvil are both irritable people who have a tendency to overreact to situations because their ability to deal with them is limited. On the same boat but in a different situation, Captain Hagberd calls Bessie when he wants something, shouting loudly like he is out of control, and old Mr Carvil, a fat blind man who had given himself up to a very lust of laziness, calls Bessie when he wants something, shouting loudly like he is out of control.