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Why does the old woman mentioned in the passage disapprove of sailing?

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And here are some potential answers...

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All right, let's go down the list and see what this old lady's problem is.

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Is it A? Is she afraid of drowning?

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The old lady does buy a caul, which superstition says prevents drowning, so we won't cross

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this one off just yet. B gets a big no. The passage says nada about

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her husband dying at sea. Moving on.

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Could it be C? Does she think sailors have bad manners?

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Nah, she doesn't like them, (and in reality, they probably do have bad manners) but she never says anything about their manners.

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OK, how about D? Does the old lady disapprove of "meandering"?

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Yeah, she says exactly that. In fact, there's a whole big chunk of text specifically about

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how much she hates meandering.

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So, we'll go ahead and cross off A, and give the go ahead to D.

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D for "Don't you dare meander..."

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