Written in 1909, it is often paired with another short work by its author about Marlow and Kurtz.  
The narrator's white hat proves useful at the end, as it provides a mark enabling him to shift the helm and steer his vessel past Koh-ring.  The story opens with a description of the Gulf of Siam, after which the narrator remarks to his mates that there is another ship anchored inside the islands.  At the opening of Part 2, Captain Archbold comes over from the Sephora to find his missing chief mate, who had killed a man, but the narrator deceives him into thinking that Leggatt isn't on board his ship.  Written in 1909, it is often paired with another short work by its author about Marlow and Kurtz.  FTP, name this story by Joseph Conrad.
The narrator's white hat proves useful at the end, as it provides a mark enabling him to shift the helm and steer his vessel past Koh-ring.  
The Secret Sharer