Abel Keeling and Bligh are the only two mates remaining on board the sailing ship Mary of the Tower as she slips beneath the waves and possibly slips forward to the time of steam-powered ships.
—Michael Main
Listen. We’re His Majesty’s destroyer Seapink, out of Devonport last October, and nothing particular the matter with us. Now who are you?

Variants

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  1. “Phantas” by Oliver Onions, in Nash’s Magazine, February 1910.
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Oliver Onions