The Mystery of the Sea

by Bram Stoker

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."

[Gælic verse and English translation.]

CHAPTER

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 Adam'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	193
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 Bernadino	269
XXXIV.	The Accolade	277
XXXV.	The Pope's Treasure	285
XXXVI.	The Rising Tide	293
XXVII.	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
	Appendix A	457
	Appendix B	464
	Appendix C	468
	Appendix D	471
	Appendix E	476