Siluric

In the short story Sing a Song of Sixpence, Sir Edward Palliser, a successful barrister, travelled from America to Britain on board the passenger ship Siluric. During the voyage, he met Magdalen Vaughan. Although he was much older than her, he being almost sixty and she about seventeen, he had been attracted to her and had made love to her. On parting, he promised that if she ever needed help, if there was ever anything he could do for her, he would do it. Some ten years later, Magdalen knocked on his door asking for help.