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A wedding takes place amid ominous signs that all aboard are
destined to vanish without a trace in the stormy southern seas.
Miss Granham is engaged to the dying Mr. Prettiman, whom Edmund at
last befriends, sharing a bond in their love for classical
literature. The wedding takes place amid ominous signs that all
aboard are destined to vanish without a trace in the stormy
southern seas. Benét devises another clever repair,
this time securing the mainmast with red-hot bolts that 1st
Lieutenant Summers (Jamie Sives, "Doctor Who") cautions will ignite
a slow fire that will consume the ship. But Captain Anderson
ignores the warning. Standing watch with Summers one night, Edmund
spots an iceberg that they barely manage to avoid. When the ship
eventually reaches Australia, "the fire down below" takes on a
double meaning, as Edmund confronts serious setbacks ashore and
Benét's risky repair catastrophically flares up. Then
one day, an old acquaintance from the voyage reappears to lighten
Edmund's life.