Mr. Daughtery, Captain White responded. "I cannot push the ship any faster that she's going right now." "I know you want to reach Bombay by the 22nd but it is unrealistic." "There have been reports of bad weather around the Cape of Good Hope and I'm afraid I've been pushing the ship too fast already. Roger Daughtery was the head of the Green Diamond shipping line and he wanted to break the world record for an ocean liner trip from London to Bombay with the prize of his fleet the H.M.S. Alliance. Some said Daughtery would go all the way to break that record.
