Answer: Presently it seemed that even the captain dozed, and the correspondent thought that he was <u>the one man afloat </u>on all the oceans.
Explanation: The mood of loneliness is conveyed by the correspondent feeling as if "he was <em>the one man afloat</em> on all the oceans. The image of the wind having a sad voice as it came over the waves further develops the mood.
It would be D. Meredith, it's the antecedent of 'she'
Not to use an I voice, rather make it definite.
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