Seafaring people are odd in that way—I don’t mean in their ignorance of swimming, though, to be sure, the average sailor is seldom a swimmer. They’re so—how shall I express it?—so unenterprising. In the midst of adventure and romance they are stirred by no recognition either of the adventures or the romantic. I was a city-bred youngster, who had never been out of hail of the homeland before, and I possessed more enterprise in my little finger than that far-travelled Captain had in the whole of his weather-worn, hulking lump of a carcass.

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Seafaring people are odd in that way—I don’t mean in their ignorance of swimming, though, to be sure, the average sailor is seldom a swimmer. They’re so—how shall I express it?—so unenterprising. In the midst of adventure and romance they are stirred by no recognition either of the adventures or the romantic. I was a city-bred youngster, who had never been out of hail of the homeland before, and I possessed more enterprise in my little finger than that far-travelled Captain had in the whole of his weather-worn, hulking lump of a carcass.
Use the passage below to answer the question.
Which inference is best supported by the details in the passage?
A) Most people who travel by sea cannot swim.
B) Harborough grew up in a city.
C) The ship’s Captain has traveled widely.
D) Harborough feels he is superior to others.

GPT-4o mini · Answer

The best-supported inference from the details in the passage is:

D) Harborough feels he is superior to others.

This interpretation is supported by the way Harborough describes himself as having "more enterprise in my little finger than that far-travelled Captain had in the whole of his weather-worn, hulking lump of a carcass." This suggests a sense of superiority and a critical view of the Captain's character and experiences compared to his own.