The narrator explains the following about the skipper on the pilgrimage: many a draught of vintage, red and yellow, he'd drawn at bordeaux, while the trader snored. the nicer rules of conscience, he ignored. based on this information, what can you conclude about the skipper?

According to this explanation about the character of Skipper, we can infer that he doesn't care what other people think about him, he just rules under his own rules.

Explanation:

I think the key sentence or phrase to understand Skipper's character is the phrase that says: "The nicer rules of conscience, he ignored." From this excerpt, we can't know much about this character, but we can definitely know that he doesn't guide his actions according to the social rules. He doesn't care what is seen as a bad attitude or as a wrong decision, he acts according to his own rules. Like it says in the excerpt, he ignores the nicer rules of conscience, he might or might not feel the same way that others feel about something, but he acts according to his personal conscience.

a. the moon was locked into orbit by the earths gravity as it was passing by and capture hypothesis i think