PART I

SIR ADRIAN LANDALE, LIGHT-KEEPER OF SCARTHEY

We all were sea-swallowed, though some cast again;
And by that destiny to perform an act,
Whereof what's past is Prologue.
The Tempest


THE LIGHT OF SCARTHEY


CHAPTER I

THE PEEL OF SCARTHEY

He makes a solitude and calls it peace.
Byron.