

The others do not understand him because he does not fit into a neat category in the same manner that the others do. Marlow is a stationary man, very unusual for a seaman.

The narrator and other guests do not seem to regard him with much respect. While they are loitering about, waiting for the wind to pick up so that they might resume their voyage, Marlow begins to speak about London and Europe as some of the darkest places on earth. The narrator appears to be another unnamed guest on the ship. The group includes a Lawyer, an Accountant, a Company Director/Captain, and a man without a specific profession who is named Marlow. A group of men are aboard an English ship that is sitting on the Thames.
