I was prepared to be disliked by others on the ship because of my appearance and the fact I'm not a "perfect English man"..
I
went on board and started to unpack my suitcases when I noticed the man I would
share a cabin with. He seemed a bit upset that I had got there first. The
few days that went on ship were quite good and I tried to communicate
with him and tried to develop a conversation. One evening we went to a
dinner with a few people we had met on board. The conversation drifted to
the subject of pearls, which of course I knew about very well. I noticed with a
keen eye that the woman who was sitting next to me had a real pearls necklace. So,
I said it out loud when her husband immediately said that the necklace was fake
and those were cultured pearls. With a big smile he also mentioned that his
wife had bought it only for 18$. We bet on a 100$ if its fake or not
when I noticed she turned pale and anxious. I realized that the
conversation made her feel uncomfortable because she had probably lied to her
husband. I said that I was mistaken out loud and gave her husband a 100$ note. I
knew I did a good deed when the morning after I received a letter with the
100$. A smile appeared on my lips.
