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Outside, a cargo ship blew its horn—low, steady, efficient. Leo didn’t turn to look.

“To what question?”

He tapped the glass one last time. “So what’s a clipper ship? It’s what we built when we cared more about the next horizon than the next harbor. And when steam came, we didn’t retire them because they were obsolete. We retired them because they made us feel too much.” what is a clipper ship

He led Leo around the model to see the stern—elaborate, gilded, almost baroque. “Look. Sharp in front, fancy behind. Like a lady running with her hair on fire. They carried tea from China—the first ships home each season got double the price. They carried wool from Australia. Ice from Norway. Guano from Peru. Anything that had to be now .” Outside, a cargo ship blew its horn—low, steady, efficient