Neville recounts imagining, on a Thursday afternoon, that he was walking up the gangplank of the ship home, repeating the act until it felt real and falling asleep in it; the next morning, Friday, the Alcoa Steamship Company telephoned with the passage that put him back in New York on the first of May.
Date (happened)
1 April 1948
conclusion · probable
Why
dc1-agreement-20261004, pm-actor-551 (PM 8702)
Reasoning
1 claim, no conflict: 1948-04-01 (passage:551931).
1 April 1948
relative · probable · preferred
Reasoning
hist_event:5872 already dates the Friday steamship call from this same telling to 1948-04-02, cross-referenced against a 1948-dated lecture ('this spring') and the 21-April sailing interval. This passage places the imaginal act itself on the Thursday afternoon before that Friday call, i.e. 1948-04-01. Confidence is capped at 5872's own probable/estimated rating, since this date depends entirely on that prior derivation.
Told / reported
1955
conclusion
Why
dc1-agreement-20261004, pm-actor-551 (PM 8702)
Reasoning
1 claim, no conflict: 1955 (node:2030).
1955
stated
Reasoning
The lecture's sole delivery claim is certain but gives only the year, 1955; no month or day is recoverable, so the told claim is written at year precision.