Mardi Volume 1 Chapter 26 - Containing a Pennyweight of Philosophy

In which the quiet passage of days aboard a slowly barnacle-clad vessel witnesses the familiar rhythms of domestic life and the gentle ebb and flow of conjugal accord between two wayward spirits. Their reconciled yet delicately balanced companionship bespeaks a sober philosophy, where separation and union coexist like the tides around the floating Parki.