Jack Grey, Second Mate

Many of Hope Hodgson's novels and stories are set at sea because he had had experience of life at sea. This one adapts the themes of horror and science fiction as many of his other stories do. A steamer is on a voyage with just two passengers: one a friend of the Captain and his wife who is also on board; the other a large, burly man travelling alone. The second mate detects some friction between the two passengers.