Refer to The Mary Celeste: An Unsolved Mystery from History for a complete version of this text.

Which detail from the text best supports the idea that some people believed the Mary Celeste had a troubled past?

“Her captain, Robert McLellan, took ill and died on her very first voyage.”


"Deveau added, 'And where are the sextant, navigation book, and ship's register?'"


“The lifeboat that should have been lying across the main hatch was missing.”


“Because of bad weather, she anchored about a mile 'down the harbor'—offshore.”