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VIII. Movement rather than Progress 247 IX. A Slip between Cup and Lip 250 X. Sea-warnings 252 XI. A Word to the Wise is enough 255
Book III.—The Struggle I. Extremes meet 258 II. The Ocean Winds 259 III. The Noises explained 262 IV. Turba Turma 265 V. Gilliatt's Alternatives 267 VI. The Combat 268
Book IV.—Pitfalls in the Way I. He who is Hungry is not Alone 280 II. The Monster 296 III. Another Kind of Sea-combat 297 IV. Nothing is hidden; Nothing lost 299 V. The Fatal Difference between Six Inches and Two Feet 302 VI. De Profundis ad Altum 306 VII. The Appeal is heard 311 PART III DÉRUCHETTE Book I.—Night and the Moon I. The Harbour Bell 315 II. The Harbour Bell again 327
Book II.—Gratitude and Despotism I. Joy surrounded by Tortures 335 II. The Leathern Trunk 343
Book III.—The Departure of the "Cashmere" I. The Havelet near the Church 346 II. Despair confronts Despair 348 III. The Forethought of Self-sacrifice 355 IV. For your Wife: when you Marry 359 V. The Great Tomb 362

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TOILERS OF THE SEA

PART I.—SIEUR CLUBIN

BOOK I

THE HISTORY OF A BAD REPUTATION

I

A WORD WRITTEN ON A WHITE PAGE

Christmas Day in the year 182- was somewhat remarkable in the island of Guernsey. Snow fell on that day. In the Channel Islands a frosty winter is uncommon, and a fall of snow is an event.

On that Christmas morning, the road which skirts the seashore from St. Peter's Port to