In a case such as theirs, then, there was little or no chance that another ship would come within range of their subetherics except for the most improbable of coincidences.
There were dozens of ships whose weekly routes passed close to them.
mnli hypothesis: There were dozens of ships whose weekly routes passed close to them. premise: In a case such as theirs, then, there was little or no chance that another ship would come within range of their subetherics except for the most improbable of coincidences.