The caveat about Walton's boasting of his courage in the opening letter (I:L1:6),
and at the beginning of the second (I:L2:1) his insisting on the same attribute in
his crew, must extend here as well. Although certainly it is hard to see in this tribute
to his lieutenant any trace of diabolic lineaments, still, the combination of terms
driving him are inherently those of Milton's Satan.