A fable, which begins when a sailor announces to the captain that the ship is sinking, and the captain admonishes him for not finishing shaving before bringing the news.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | Fables | Charles Scribner's Sons | Collection | 10 | |
| March 1896 | The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with Other Fables | Longmans, Green and Co. | Collection | ||
| August 1924 | The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; Fables; Other Stories and Fragments | William Heinemann | Collection | 79 | |
| February 1931 |
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; Fables; Other Stories and Fragments | William Heinemann | Collection | 79 |
| October 1970 |
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Some Things Dark and Dangerous | Harper & Row | Anthology | 287 |
| 1971 |
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Some Things Dark and Dangerous | The Bodley Head | Anthology | |
| April 1974 |
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Some Things Dark and Dangerous | Avon | Anthology | 218 |
| 1976 |
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Some Things Dark and Dangerous | Coronet | Anthology | 230 |
| November 1976 |
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Waves of Terror: Weird Stories About the Sea | Gollancz | Anthology | 176 |
| October 1982 |
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Some Things Dark and Dangerous | Avon Flare | Anthology | 218 |
| 1983 | Fábulas | Legasa | Collection | |15 | |
| March 1994 | The Complete Short Stories: The Centenary Edition | Henry Holt | Collection | 2:407|2407 | |
| March 1994 | The Complete Short Stories: The Centenary Edition | Henry Holt | Collection | 2:407|2407 | |
| October 1995 | Fables | Project Gutenberg | Collection | 10 | |
| September 2014 |
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Fábulas | Lectorum | Collection | 15 |