Talk:Samuel Beechworth/@comment-101.164.37.111-20130811113704/@comment-16533050-20131209073417

Either  that or the woman he loved was already married, or engaged.... perhaps to a higher ranking indivual such as a captain or Admiral.

Perhaps he even fell in love with the daughter of aristocracy and, being a commoner, had no chance to be with her.

Rather than have to face the constant pain of facing her every day and not being able to be with her, he went to sea.