- The
- nameless
- first
- person
- narrator
- travels
- from
- India
- to
- Europe
- on
- the
- ocean
- liner
- Oceania
- in
- 1912.
- One
- night,
- during
- a
- walk
- on
- deck,
- he
- meets
- a
- man
- who,
- disturbed
- and
- scared,
- avoids
- any
- social
- contact
- on
- the
- ship.
- The
- following
- night
- the
- narrator
- meets
- this
- man
- again.
- Although
- intimidated
- at
- first,
- the
- man
- soon
- begins
- to
- trust
- the
- narrator
- and
- tells
- him
- his
- story.
- When
- the
- first
- person
- narrator
- offers
- to
- help
- the
- doctor,
- the
- latter
- categorically
- turns
- down
- the
- offer,
- disappearing
- to
- be
- never
- heard
- of
- again.
- Only
- at
- the
- arrival
- in
- Naples,
- the
- narrator
- learns
- about
- a
- mysterious
- accident
- that
- happened
- while
- the
- cargo
- was
- being
- discharged:
- when
- the
- lead
- coffin
- with
- the
- woman's
- remains
- was
- being
- unloaded,
- the
- doctor
- threw
- himself
- onto
- the
- coffin
- that
- was
- fastened
- to
- ropes,
- thereby
- dragging
- both
- the
- coffin
- and
- him
- down
- to
- the
- bottom
- of
- the
- sea.
- Neither
- could
- the
- person
- running
- amok
- be
- saved
- nor
- could
- the
- coffin
- be recovered.
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