Discuss the emotion the sailor feels as he tells the story of the murder.

The sailor is frightened, he is frightened he will be blamed for the animals actions..... possible arrested for the murders.

The sailor’s face had become red. He jumped to his feet and reached for his stick of wood, but in the next moment he fell back into his chair, trembling.

“So help me God! I…I’ll tell you all I know about this, all I know — but I don’t expect you to believe one half of what I say — not one half. Still, I didn’t kill anyone, and I’ll tell the whole story if I die for it. It was that animal! The orangutan!…

There is, however, some suspicion about his story..... and his skill in the telling.

“Let him talk. He’ll feel better for it. And he’s a good fellow. But he makes things less simple than they really are. Still, people call him skillful, and even wise. I think they say this because of the way he explains, carefully, fully, something which is not here, or there, or anywhere; and says, ‘Not possible!’ about something which is there before his eyes.”