The hard logic of modern shipping has banished old seafaring taboos to Davy Jones's Locker, but sometimes the sea's caprices defy rational explanation. The legend persists of the Jonah, a person who takes their baggage of bad luck from ship to ship. Violet Jessop joined White Star Line's Olympic as a stewardess in June 1911. Three months later, the liner collided with the cruiser Hawke off the Isle of Wight. There were no casualties, but it might have been a portent. In April 1912, Violet boarded for the maiden voyage of White Star's newest ship: one Titanic. Violet made it into a lifeboat and was rescued by Cunard's Carpathia.
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机译：现代航运的硬性逻辑已将古老的航海禁忌放到了戴维·琼斯的《更衣室》中，但有时海洋的动荡却无法合理解释。乔纳（Jonah）的传说仍然存在，乔纳（Jonah）一次又一次地背负着运气。紫罗兰色·杰索普（Violet Jessop）于1911年6月加入空中小姐（White Star Line）担任空中小姐。三个月后，这艘班轮与怀特岛上的巡洋舰霍克相撞。没有人员伤亡，但这可能是一个预兆。 1912年4月，紫罗兰登上了白星号最新一艘船：泰坦尼克号的首航。紫罗兰变成救生艇，并被库纳德（Cunard）的喀尔巴阡（Carpathia）营救。
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