The Shadow-Line
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You resign from a good berth with no reason you can defend, stinging your friend John Nieven, who assumes you're running home to marry some girl. Ashore with your discharge and no mail boat for days, you wait at the Officers' Home, where Captain Giles questions your restlessness kindly. Tiffin turns to opportunity: a barque in port has lost her captain to sudden death, and fever is emptying her crew. Giles walks you to the shipping office as a sealed report arrives with the dead captain's last order.
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- Signing OffEastern Port