The Toilers of the Sea

Preface

Part I, Book I: I. A Word Written on a White Page

Part I, Book I: II. The Bû de la Rue

Part I, Book I: III. For Your Wife: When You Marry

Part I, Book I: IV. An Unpopular Man

Part I, Book I: V. More Suspicious Facts About Gilliatt

Part I, Book I: VI. The Dutch Sloop

Part I, Book I: VII. A Fit Tenant for a Haunted House

Part I, Book I: VIII. The Gild-Holm-’Ur Seat

Part I, Book II: I. A Troubled Life, but a Quiet Conscience

Part I, Book II: II. A Certain Predilection

Part I, Book II: III. The Old Sea Language

Part I, Book II: IV. One Is Vulnerable Where One Loves

Part I, Book III: I. Prattle and Smoke

Part I, Book III: II. The Old Story of Utopia

Part I, Book III: III. Rantaine

Part I, Book III: IV. Continuation of the Story of Utopia

Part I, Book III: V. The Devil Boat

Part I, Book III: VI. Lethierry’s Exaltation

Part I, Book III: VII. The Same Godfather and the Same Patron Saint

Part I, Book III: VIII. “Bonnie Dundee”

Part I, Book III: IX. The Man Who Discovered Rantaine’s Character

Part I, Book III: X. Long Yarns

Part I, Book III: XI. Matrimonial Prospects

Part I, Book III: XII. An Anomaly in the Character of Lethierry

Part I, Book III: XIII. Thoughtlessness Adds a Grace to Beauty

Part I, Book IV: I. Streaks of Fire on the Horizon

Part I, Book IV: II. The Unknown Unfolds Itself by Degrees

Part I, Book IV: III. The Air “Bonnie Dundee” Finds an Echo on the Hill

Part I, Book IV: IV

Part I, Book IV: V. A Deserved Success Has Always Its Detractors

Part I, Book IV: VI. The Sloop “Cashmere” Saves a Shipwrecked Crew

Part I, Book IV: VII. How an Idler Had the Good Fortune to Be Seen by a Fisherman

Part I, Book V: I. Conversations at the Jean Auberge

Part I, Book V: II. Clubin Observes Someone

Part I, Book V: III. Clubin Carries Away Something and Brings Back Nothing

Part I, Book V: IV. Pleinmont

Part I, Book V: V. The Birds’-Nesters

Part I, Book V: VI. The Jacressade

Part I, Book V: VII. Nocturnal Buyers and Mysterious Sellers

Part I, Book V: VIII. A “Cannon” Off the Red Ball and the Black

Part I, Book V: IX. Useful Information for Persons Who Expect or Fear the Arrival of Letters from Beyond Sea

Part I, Book VI: I. The Douvres

Part I, Book VI: II. An Unexpected Flask of Brandy

Part I, Book VI: III. Conversations Interrupted

Part I, Book VI: IV. Captain Clubin Displays All His Great Qualities

Part I, Book VI: V. Clubin Reaches the Crowning-Point of Glory

Part I, Book VI: VI. The Interior of an Abyss Suddenly Revealed

Part I, Book VI: VII. An Unexpected Dénouement

Part I, Book VII: I. The Pearl at the Foot of the Precipice

Part I, Book VII: II. Much Astonishment on the Western Coast

Part I, Book VII: III. A Quotation from the Bible

Part II, Book I: I. The Place Which Is Difficult to Reach, and Difficult to Leave

Part II, Book I: II. A Catalogue of Disasters

Part II, Book I: III. Sound; but Not Safe

Part II, Book I: IV. A Preliminary Survey

Part II, Book I: V. A Word Upon the Secret Co-operations of the Elements

Part II, Book I: VI. A Stable for the Horse

Part II, Book I: VII. A Chamber for the Voyager

Part II, Book I: VIII. Importunæque Volucres

Part II, Book I: IX. The Rock, and How Gilliatt Used It

Part II, Book I: X. The Forge

Part II, Book I: XI. Discovery

Part II, Book I: XII. The Interior of an Edifice Under the Sea

Part II, Book I: XIII. What Was Seen There; and What Perceived Dimly

Part II, Book II: I. The Resources of One Who Has Nothing

Part II, Book II: II. Wherein Shakespeare and Æschylus Meet

Part II, Book II: III. Gilliatt’s Masterpiece Comes to the Rescue of That of Lethierry

Part II, Book II: IV. Sub Re

Part II, Book II: V. Sub Umbra

Part II, Book II: VI. Gilliatt Places the Sloop in Readiness

Part II, Book II: VII. Sudden Danger

Part II, Book II: VIII. Movement Rather than Progress

Part II, Book II: IX. A Slip Between Cup and Lip

Part II, Book II: X. Sea-Warnings

Part II, Book II: XI. A Word to the Wise Is Enough

Part II, Book III: I. Extremes Meet

Part II, Book III: II. The Ocean Winds

Part II, Book III: III. The Noises Explained

Part II, Book III: IV. Turba Turma

Part II, Book III: V. Gilliatt’s Alternatives

Part II, Book III: VI. The Combat

Part II, Book IV: I. He Who Is Hungry Is Not Alone

Part II, Book IV: II. The Monster

Part II, Book IV: III. Another Kind of Sea-Combat

Part II, Book IV: IV. Nothing Is Hidden, Nothing Lost

Part II, Book IV: V. The Fatal Difference Between Six Inches and Two Feet

Part II, Book IV: VI. De Profundis ad Altum

Part II, Book IV: VII. The Appeal Is Heard

Part III, Book I: I. The Harbour Bell

Part III, Book I: II. The Harbour Bell Again

Part III, Book II: I. Joy Surrounded by Tortures

Part III, Book II: II. The Leathern Trunk

Part III, Book III: I. The Havelet Near the Church

Part III, Book III: II. Despair Confronts Despair

Part III, Book III: III. The Forethought of Self-Sacrifice

Part III, Book III: IV. For Your Wife: When You Marry

Part III, Book III: V. The Great Tomb