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The Mystery of the Sea
New 6s. Novels
THE ETERNAL CITY BY HALL CAINE
THE ASSASSINS BY N. M. MEAKIN
SCARLET AND HYSSOP BY E. F. BENSON
THE LUCK OF THE VAILS BY E. F. BENSON
THE STORY OF EDEN BY DOLF WYLLARDE
A PROPHET OF THE REAL BY ESTHER MILLER
SONS OF THE SWORD BY MARGARET L. WOODS
BY BREAD ALONE BY J. K. FRIEDMAN
THE RIGHT OF WAY BY GILBERT PARKER
FOUR-LEAVED CLOVER BY MAXWELL GRAY
JACK RAYMOND BY E. L. VOYNICH
LOVE AND HIS MASK BY MENIE MURIEL DOWN
TANGLED TRINITIES BY DANIEL WOODROFFE
GILLETTE'S MARRIAGE BY MAMIE BOWLES
VOYSEY BY R. O. PROWSE
SAWDUST BY DOROTHEA GERARD
FOREST FOLK BY JAMES PRIOR
LONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN 21 BEDFORD STREET, W.C.
The Mystery of the Sea
By Bram Stoker
Author of "Dracula"
London William Heinemann 1902
_All rights reserved._
_This Edition enjoys copyright in all countries signatory to the Berne Treaty, and has been copyrighted in the United States of America by Bram Stoker, 1902._
TO DAISY GILBEY RIVIERE OF THE THIRD GENERATION OF LOVING AND LOYAL FRIENDS
"To win the mystery o' the sea, "An' learn the secrets that there be, "Gather in ane these weirds three:
"A gowden moon on a flowin' tide; "An' Lammas floods for the spell to bide; "An' a gowden mon wi death for his bride."
[Gaelic verse and English translation.]
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE I. SECOND SIGHT 3 II. GORMALA 9 III. AN ANCIENT RUNE 16 IV. LAMMAS FLOODS 23 V. THE MYSTERY OF THE SEA 32 VI. THE MINISTERS OF THE DOOM 44 VII. FROM OTHER AGES AND THE ENDS OF THE EARTH 51 VIII. A RUN ON THE BEACH 66 IX. CONFIDENCES AND SECRET WRITING 80 X. A CLEAR HORIZON 94 XI. IN THE TWILIGHT 104 XII. THE CIPHER 113 XIII. A RIDE THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS 122 XIV. A SECRET SHARED 130 XV. A PECULIAR DINNER PARTY 138 XVI. REVELATIONS 145 XVII. SAM ADAMS'S TASK 152 XVIII. FIREWORKS AND JOAN OF ARC 159 XIX. ON CHANGING ONE'S NAME 165 XX. COMRADESHIP 173 XXI. THE OLD FAR WEST AND THE NEW 180 XXII. CROM CASTLE 187 XXIII. SECRET SERVICE 195 XXIV. A SUBTLE PLAN 200 XXV. INDUCTIVE RATIOCINATION 207 XXVI. A WHOLE WEDDING DAY 215 XXVII. ENTRANCE TO THE CAVERN 222 XXVIII. VOICES IN THE DARK 229 XXIX. THE MONUMENT 237 XXX. THE SECRET PASSAGE 244 XXXI. MARJORY'S ADVENTURE 251 XXXII. THE LOST SCRIPT 260 XXXIII. DON BERNARDINO 269 XXXIV. THE ACCOLADE 277 XXXV. THE POPE'S TREASURE 285 XXXVI. THE RISING TIDE 293 XXXVII. ROUND THE CLOCK 302 XXXVIII. THE DUTY OF A WIFE 310 XXXIX. AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR 317 XL. THE REDEMPTION OF A TRUST 326 XLI. TREASURE TROVE 335 XLII. A STRUGGLE 346 XLIII. THE HONOUR OF A SPANIARD 355 XLIV. THE VOICE IN THE DUST 364 XLV. DANGER 374 XLVI. ARDIFFERY MANSE 382 XLVII. THE DUMB CAN SPEAK 394 XLVIII. DUNBUY HAVEN 403 XLIX. GORMALA'S LAST HELP 413 L. THE EYES OF THE DEAD 423 LI. IN THE SEA FOG 433 LII. THE SKARES 443 LIII. FROM THE DEEP 451