CONTENTS

PART I
SIEUR CLUBIN
Book I.—The History of a Bad Reputation
CHAP. PAGE
I.A Word written on a White Page[1]
II.The Bû de la Rue[3]
III.For your Wife: when you Marry[7]
IV.An Unpopular Man[9]
V.More Suspicious Facts about Gilliatt[18]
VI.The Dutch Sloop[20]
VII.A Fit Tenant for a Haunted House[25]
VIII.The Gild-Holm-’Ur Seat[27]

Book II.—Mess Lethierry
I.A Troubled Life, but a Quiet Conscience[30]
II.A Certain Predilection[32]
III.The Old Sea Language[33]
IV.One is Vulnerable where one Loves[35]

Book III.—Durande and Déruchette
I.Prattle and Smoke[37]
II.The Old Story of Utopia[39]
III.Rantaine[41]
IV.Continuation of the Story of Utopia[44]
V.The Devil Boat[46]
VI.Lethierry’s Exaltation[50]
VII.The same Godfather and the same Patron Saint[52]
VIII.“Bonnie Dundee”[54]
IX.The Man who discovered Rantaine’s Character[57]
X.Long Yarns[58]
XI.Matrimonial Prospects[60]
XII.An Anomaly in the Character of Lethierry[61]
XIII.Thoughtlessness adds a Grace to Beauty[65]

Book IV.—The Bagpipe
I.Streaks of Fire on the Horizon[67]
II.The Unknown unfolds itself by Degrees[69]
III.The Air “Bonnie Dundee” finds an Echo on the Hill[71]
IV.“A serenade by night may please a lady fair,
But of uncle and of guardian let the troubadour beware.”
Unpublished Comedy		[72]
V.A Deserved Success has always its Detractors[74]
VI.The Sloop Cashmere saves a Shipwrecked Crew[75]
VII.How an Idler had the Good Fortune to be seen by a Fisherman[77]

Book V.—The Revolver
I.Conversations at the Jean Auberge[80]
II.Clubin observes Someone[86]
III.Clubin carries away Something and brings back Nothing[88]
IV.Pleinmont[91]
V.The Birds’-nesters[96]
VI.The Jacressade[108]
VII.Nocturnal Buyers and Mysterious Sellers[114]
VIII.A “Cannon” off the Red Ball and the Black[117]
IX.Useful Information for Persons who expect or fear the Arrival of Letters from beyond Sea[125]

Book VI.—The Drunken Steersman and the Sober Captain
I.The Douvres[130]
II.An Unexpected Flask of Brandy[132]
III.Conversations interrupted[135]
IV.Captain Clubin displays all his great Qualities[142]
V.Clubin reaches the Crowning-point of Glory[147]
VI.The Interior of an Abyss suddenly revealed[151]
VII.An Unexpected Dénouement[158]

Book VII.—The Danger of Opening a Book at Random
I.The Pearl at the Foot of a Precipice[162]
II.Much Astonishment on the Western Coast[169]
III.A Quotation from the Bible[173]
PART II
MALICIOUS GILLIATT
Book I.—The Rock
I.The Place which is difficult to reach, and difficult to leave[181]
II.A Catalogue of Disasters[186]
III.Sound; but not Safe[188]
IV.A Preliminary Survey[190]
V.A Word upon the Secret Co-operations of the Elements[192]
VI.A Stable for the Horse[196]
VII.A Chamber for the Voyager[198]
VIII.Importunæque Volucres[205]
IX.The Rock, and how Gilliatt used it[207]
X.The Forge[210]
XI.Discovery[214]
XII.The Interior of an Edifice under the Sea[217]
XIII.What was seen there; and what perceived dimly[219]

Book II.—The Labour
I.The Resources of one who has nothing[225]
II.Wherein Shakespeare and Æschylus meet[227]
III.Gilliatt’s Masterpiece comes to the Rescue of that of Lethierry[229]
IV.Sub Re[232]
V.Sub Umbra[237]
VI.Gilliatt places the Sloop in readiness[242]
VII.Sudden Danger[244]
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]