Answer:
This could mean/refer to as to if they don't get in trouble.
Explanation:
As they are on a boat, the captain is "soothing his children" they will "get ashore..." with a tone of little hope as suggested in the second stanza perceived as by someone else such as "the oiler" and "the cook".
Tracy is in the hospital; someone told me (she) is quite ill.
Answer:
I have always been utterly terrified of the gym. Whenever I would walk into the gym, all of the fit people would like at me with a nefarious smile only seen in books of myth. Just entering a gym resulted in them all staring at like I was their supply of entertainment for the day, all chuckling amongst themselves in a system of hilarity. The gym always makes me just want to fly away. Ever since I set foot into a public gym for the first time, I always try to stay away from that type of building.
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