La femme du capitaine

In a dirty little hotel in Cornwall, penniless Stella lies in bed plagued with fever, insensible to everything, waiting for Denis to arrive and marry her. But it is Denis' brother, a captain of an oil tanker that arrives to tell her that Denis is in South America and won't be returning. When she comes out of her torpor, she has no idea how many hours she has spent in the fever and vaguely remembers strange, fantastic dreams. Then she realizes she is at sea and learns that she is married to the captain, on her way to South America.