The Captain Is Driven Mad by Captivity

The fact that he will be rescued is for him beyond doubt, irrespective of his will. But the question of whether he ought to wish for it as well remains. He lays it out before me and we discuss it together. We don't talk about his rescue. For the rescue, he is apparently content to pin all his hopes on a little hammer he has somehow obtained. The sort of little hammer he used to drive thumbtacks into a drawing board. Its mere possession delights him.