The ship on which Bill Roberts is a stoker has just put into port, giving the crew one night ashore. The ship's bad-tempered third engineer orders the stokers to clean up, while the engineer heads for a dockside bar, where he has a confrontation with the wife he had abandoned. Then, as Bill himself goes ashore, he sees a young woman attempt to drown herself. Bill dives in, saves her, and then, assisted by the engineer's wife, sees that she is cared for. Bill and the rescued woman begin to enjoy one another's company, but they must contend with the malice of the engineer, as well as a number of other complications. 译文(2): 比尔 · 罗伯茨是锅炉工的那艘船刚刚进港，船员们有一个晚上的时间上岸。船上脾气暴躁的第三工程师命令加煤工人清理现场，而工程师则前往码头边的一个酒吧，在那里他与被抛弃的妻子发生了冲突。然后，当比尔自己上岸的时候，他看到一个年轻的女人企图淹死自己。比尔潜入水中，救了她，然后在工程师妻子的帮助下，看到她得到了照顾。比尔和获救的妇女开始享受彼此的陪伴，但他们必须与工程师的恶意以及其他一些复杂情况作斗争。