Gleeful1 Gleeful1 27-10-2022 English contestada Read the excerpt from "Not Waving but Drowning” by Stevie Smith. Poor chap, he always loved larking And now he’s dead It must have been too cold for him his heart gave way, They said. What does the phrase "he always loved larking” show about the dead man? He loved nature. He loved adventure. The people around him thought he was unwell. The people around him thought he was carefree.