A ship on the ocean is floating so still upon a sea with so little waves that not even the bell on warning buoy is made to ring. The setting is cheery—a bright, sunny with the sound of chirping birds—that made Sir Ralph whistle. However, in this happy setting, Sir Ralph rows from his ship to the buoy and cuts off the bell in wickedness. As he is sailing away to Scotland back on his ship, the weather turns and the ship is tossed about all day in a storm. His crew begins to fear they may be close to land again, and the mention how they wish they were able to hear the bell Sir Ralph had cut. The ship runs aground and begins to sink, and as it sinks and in with Sir Ralph’s “dying fear,” he can hear the sound of the bell ringing as if it were being rung by the Devil.
