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Well , I assure you that seven thousand miles from here nobody would wonder . '' `` I think I understand , '' said Lingard , `` but do n't you know the man is light-headed ? A man like that is as good as mad . '' `` Yes , he had been slightly delirious since seven o'clock , '' said d'Alcacer . `` But believe me , Captain Lingard , '' he continued , earnestly , and obeying a perfectly disinterested impulse , `` that even in his delirium he is far more understandable to her and better able to understand her than ... anybody within a hundred miles from here . '' `` Ah ! '' said Lingard without any emotion , `` so you do n't wonder .