title: The Complete Roderick
author:  John Sladek 
description: "Superb comparable with early Kurt Vonnegut." <i>Time Out</i>
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  The Two Supercargoes
  
  
    
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER ONE. THE OFFICE OF FRANK, TRUNNION &SWAB—HARRY BRACEWELL REPORTS THE
  ARRIVAL OF THE “ARROW”—HISTORY OF NICHOLAS SWAB—THE SLAVE TRADE—OUR FIRM GIVES
  UP ALL CONNECTION WITH IT—CAPTAIN RODERICK TRUNNION— SOMETHING ABOUT MYSELF
  AND FRIENDS—INTERVIEW BETWEEN MR. TRUNNION AND GODFREY MAGOR, MATE OF THE
  “ARROW”—AN UNEXPECTED ARRIVAL—A STRANGE ACCUSATION—SUSPICIONS OF CAPTAIN
  TRUNNION—MRS. BRACEWELL AND HER DAUGHTER MARY.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER TWO. CAPTAIN TRUNNION APPEARS OPENLY AT LIVERPOOL—HIS ATTENTIONS TO
  LUCY CRANK—HER AFFECTION FOR HARRY BRACEWELL—CAPTAIN TRUNNION EXHIBITS HIS
  JEALOUSY OF HARRY—SUSPECTING THE CAPTAIN'S EVIL INTENTIONS, I WATCH OVER
  HARRY—GODFREY MAGOR PLACED IN COMMAND OF THE “ARROW”—HARRY AND I APPOINTED
  SUPERCARGOES—ATTEND TO THE STOWAGE OF THE VESSEL—PREPARE FOR SAILING—FAREWELL
  TO LOVED ONES—VOYAGE COMMENCED.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER THREE. MY SHIPMATES—TOM TUBBS THE BOATSWAIN—SIGHT A SUSPICIOUS
  CRAFT—ALTER