Winter Cruise by William Somerset Maugham — Review

The already middle-aged Miss Reid, annually for the winter, went on a cruise on one of the cargo-passenger ships, which took passengers on board without presenting them with special amenities.

Being very sociable, she tormented the male crew of the ship with her banal conversations, which everyone found boring. The ship's doctor suggested that she, like an old maid, obviously simply did not have enough attention, and then the captain ordered the young radio operator (with great resistance on his part) to show interest in the lady ... The result was not quite the one they expected.



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