ship-broker

Albert is the novel's moral compass, and in his trials as a captain and, later, a wealthy ship-broker, he must navigate between the barbarism that reigns on the open water and the demands of his conscience.

Going to Sea Once More Sam Sacks 2011

One of his uncles was a ship-broker of good standing, with a large connection among English ships; other relatives of his dealt in ships 'stores, owned sail-lofts, sold chains and anchors, were master-stevedores, calkers, shipwrights.

A Personal Record 1919

"Well, it so happened that I'd just the very thing they seemed to want," continued the ship-broker.

Ravensdene Court 1899

The ship-broker started a little as he glanced at the card and realized Scarterfield's calling.

Ravensdene Court 1899

"Mr. Middlebrook," he continued, "is aware that I bought this yawl from a ship-broker in Hull, for a special purpose --"

Ravensdene Court 1899

I had no doubt whatever that Miss Raven and myself were in the hands of the two men who had bought the _Blanchflower_ from Jallanby, the ship-broker of Hull.

Ravensdene Court 1899

"They sailed precisely three weeks ago next Monday," answered the ship-broker, "and the name of the vessel is the _Blanchflower_."

Ravensdene Court 1899

We had all been standing until then, but at this invitation to disclosure the ship-broker motioned us to sit down, he himself turning the stool which the clerk had just vacated.

Ravensdene Court 1899

So that afternoon, after seeing the ship-broker again, and making certain arrangements with him in case he heard anything of the

Ravensdene Court 1899

Father outdoor clerk of some ship-broker in Rotterdam; mother dead.

An Outcast Of The Islands 1896