Stories by Somerset Maugham. One Christmas in the late 1920s, Mrs Hamlyn is returning home to England by ship. She leaves her unfaithful husband in the Far East, having asked for a divorce. As the journey progresses, a mysterious illness strikes a fellow passenger and Mrs Hamlyn finds herself making an unexpected decision. Maugham ...... David Troughton Gallagher ...... Glenn Cunningham Mrs Hamlyn ...... Olwen May Mr Hamlyn ...... David Fleeshman Pryce ...... Jonathan Keeble Directed by Pam Marshall.