The document provides a summary of William Hope Hodgson's 1907 short story "The Voice in the Night". It includes biographical information about the author, notes the story is set on the Nord Pacific ocean on a cloudy, dark night. The main character is a man who relates the story and hears a strange voice at night near his ship. He investigates along with the crew. They eventually discover the reason the man of the voice and his companion cannot come near them. At dawn, the man leaves and the crew sees his appearance in the distance before he departs.