Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context? 

Context:

Everyone was very kind to me , especially the officers .<br>Do n't laugh , Jo , gentlemen really are very necessary aboard ship , to hold on to , or to wait upon one , and as they have nothing to do , it 's a mercy to make them useful , otherwise they would smoke themselves to death , I 'm afraid .

Hypothesis: Everyone is kind to me.
Yes