"She rang under my feet like an empty Huntler and Palmer biscuit tin kicked along a gutter, she was nothing so solid in make, and rather less pretty in shape, but I had expended enough hard work on her to make me love her." (25)Huntley and Palmer was a British company that made biscuits and packaged them in decorative tins. It was one of the first global brands in the World. Marlow relates his stem boat to Huntler and Palmer biscuit tin, because both are not very durable. Marlow is saying that his steamboat is not perfect, but he was proud of what he had.
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good work with trying to explain the biscuit tin's relevance -- I think you make a good point here -- could something about the tin's ornamental nature have anything to do with it?
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