Throughout his voyage, Marlow encounters the helmsman. Although we do not know precisely how old he is, Marlow describes him as athletic. Thus we may conjecture, that the helmsman cannot be older than a man in his prime. Marlow meets him, on the ship that is taking them to Kurtz's station; the helmsman is in charge of steering the ship. When Marlow first sees the helmsman, he sports a pair of brass earrings and wears …showed first 75 words of 837 total…

…showed last 75 words of 837 total…