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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Records of a Family of Engineers by Robert Louis Stevenson: Upon the mention of a change of weather, he sent the steward
to learn how the artificers felt, and on his return he stated
that they now seemed to be all very happy, since the cook had
begun to light the galley-fire and make preparations for the
suet-pudding of Sunday, which was the only dish to be
attempted for the mess, from the ease with which it could both
be cooked and served up.
The principal change felt upon the ship as the wind
abated was her increased rolling motion, but the pitching was
much diminished, and now hardly any sea came farther aft than
the foremast: but she rolled so extremely hard as frequently
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