Answer:
Where are the questions ?
I had to look for the passage and here is my answer:
Based on the passage attached to this in which the one who narrates in it is Gulliver, the event that is being described in this passage is Gulliver's plan to escape from Lilliput. Lilliput is one of the fictional places in "The Gulliver's Travel" that was written by Jonathan Swift. The answer for this would be the first option.
Answer:
Waiting is something you do until something else happens.
Explanation:
He thinks the women's loud conversation is distracting his crew from their work and thereby endangering the ship. He's helping the women escape from slavery, and if he were caught, he would be severely punished. He's afraid that another ship he's seen is about to hit his ship.