The cabman's shelter, a sailor tells his tales

Today's passage · lines 16.400-470

The 2-minute recap

In the cabman's shelter, a grizzled sailor calling himself Murphy holds court, showing off a tattooed chest and spinning tall stories of foreign ports. …

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