The Mariner's Letter To Victor Our voyage this winter began as well as one could have hoped. The seas were friendly and the winds were constant. We had a wonderful Christmas and a wonderful Christmas feast, but that night something happened, something that has changed my life forever. That night an albatross was perched at my window, I thought nothing of it at first, but every day he came, and every day he stayed a little longer. I befriended this albatross, we ate together and he encircled the boat while I worked. However, one day I had a surge of anger, and in my anger I shot this albatross with my cross