 Why does the Captain resist marrying Wanda?
He nodded curtly to the officers when he entered the mess hall, walked directly to his place at the head of the table, sat down and morosely began to work the cork out of his wine bottle with his teeth. When the third mate saw that his opinion on the wine was not immediately to be justified, he settled back in his chair with a little sigh of disapproval. "That," he said to Nestir, "my dear Father, is the cardinal point of the whole game, y'know." After all, it's not only a question of how we go, but also a question of leaving only after having done our duty. "Oh, not at all," the third mate's wife said.
 Because she is the daughter of a crewman.
 Because she is sixteen.  Because she carries a doll around with her.  Because she is the daughter of a crewman.  Because she is dim-witted.