<div align="center">AB<span class="bbc_u">STRACT OF L</span>OG<br/><div align="center"><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Quadruple - Screw R.M.S. "MAJESTIC"</span></strong></div>56,598.51 TONS<br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">(THE LARGEST STEAMER IN THE WORLD)</span><br/>Commander: E. L. TRANT, R.D.<br/>(Commander R.N.R., Retd., and Commodore White Star Line)<br/>VOYAGE No. 187 EAST.<br/><hr/>NEW YORK to SOUTHAMPTON via CHERBOURG.<br/><hr/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Took Departure from Ambrose Channel L.Y. at 8:22 a.m. (E.S.T.), Dec. 25, 1925</span><br/><hr/><hr/><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>Date</td><td>Lat.</td><td>Long.</td><td>Miles</td><td>Remarks</td></tr><tr><td>Dec. 25</td><td>40.19</td><td>72.02</td><td>83</td><td>Slight sea, clear weather</td></tr><tr><td>" 26</td><td>40.18</td><td>60.34</td><td>525</td><td>Moderate sea, clear weather</td></tr><tr><td>" 27</td><td>40.28</td><td>48.51</td><td>536</td><td>Moderate head sea, showery</td></tr><tr><td>" 28</td><td>44.13</td><td>37.56</td><td>544</td><td>Moderate head sea, rain</td></tr><tr><td>" 29</td><td>47.28</td><td>25.52</td><td>541</td><td>Moderate quarterly sea, clear weather</td></tr><tr><td>" 30</td><td>49.21</td><td>12.50</td><td>531</td><td>Rough beam sea, showery</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td><span class="bbc_u">442</span></td><td>To Cherbourg Breakwater</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>3202</td><td>Total Distance</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br/><div align="center">Arrived at 5:28 a.m. (G.M.T.) Dec. 31, 1925<br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Ocean Passage - 5 days - 18 hours - 6 mins | AVERAGE SPEED - 53.63 knots</span></div><br/><hr/><br/><strong>Dr. Brockman,</strong>among your personal belongings, you will find the above Abstract Log of your transatlantic trip aboard the<em>Majestic</em>, an English luxury liner.  The ship had a curious and intriguing history, at least to you.  During the Great War, German U-boats had sunk a half-dozen of the White Star Line's steam liners, and so as a reparation of war, the once proud<em>SS Hamburg</em>, then the largest ship in the world, became the<em>RMS Majestic.</em><br/><br/><div align="center">(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Full_drawing_of_the_RMS_Majestic.jpg)</div><br/>Doctor, you had not planned to be in England for the new year.  You had not planned to leave the states or abandon your medical practice to go on holiday.  But that changed two weeks ago when you received the following Western Union telegram.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><div style="text-align: justify;">DDETX ORIG. LONDON UNITED KINGDOM<br/><br/>EDMUND BROCKMAN<br/>3523 YANCY ST., NYC, NY 10002<br/><br/>IMPORTANT MATTER REQUIRES PERSONAL ATTENTION {STOP} PAID PASSAGE ABOARD MAJESTIC LEAVING NYC ON X-MAS DAY {STOP} RETRIEVE PASS FROM WSL TICKET OFFICE {STOP} CERTIFIED LETTER TO FOLLOW {STOP} REPORT DELIVERY {STOP} GET ANSWER {STOP}<br/><br/>J.A. SMITH</div></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>An additional $500 stipend had been dispatched by wire in parallel with the telegram presumably to cover incidentals.  The letter mentioned in the telegram arrived several days later, but it contained very little information as to why the Englishman needed you.  It said:<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Doctor,<br/><br/>Excuse the brevity of this missive.  I desperately need your help, but cannot elaborate.  I fear that I am being surveilled by our friends.<br/><br/>Meet my nephew at Southampton.  He will bring you to me.<br/><br/>Smith.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Along with the Abstract Log, you have in your possession the Telegram, the Letter, and your Boarding Pass.  Do you have any questions so far?