{"product_id":"2940013301238","title":"THE LIGHTHOUSE","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI.          THE ROCK.\u003cbr\u003eII.         THE LOVERS AND THE PRESS-GANG.\u003cbr\u003eIII.        OUR HERO OBLIGED TO GO TO SEA.\u003cbr\u003eIV.         THE BURGLARY.\u003cbr\u003eV.          THE BELL ROCK INVADED.\u003cbr\u003eVI.         THE CAPTAIN CHANGES HIS QUARTERS.\u003cbr\u003eVII.        RUBY IN DIFFICULTIES.\u003cbr\u003eVIII        THE SCENE CHANGES--RUBY IS VULCANIZED.\u003cbr\u003eIX.         STORMS AND TROUBLES.\u003cbr\u003eX.          THE RISING OF THE TIDE--A NARROW ESCAPE.\u003cbr\u003eXI.         A STORM, AND A DISMAL STATE OF THINGS ON BOARD THE\u003cbr\u003e            PHAROS.\u003cbr\u003eXII.        BELL ROCK BILLOWS--AN UNEXPECTED VISIT--A DISASTER AND A\u003cbr\u003e            RESCUE.\u003cbr\u003eXIII.       A SLEEPLESS BUT A PLEASANT NIGHT.\u003cbr\u003eXIV.        SOMEWHAT STATISTICAL.\u003cbr\u003eXV.         RUBY HAS A RISE IN LIFE, AND A FALL.\u003cbr\u003eXVI.        NEW ARRANGEMENTS--THE CAPTAIN'S PHILOSOPHY IN REGARD TO\u003cbr\u003e            PIPEOLOGY.\u003cbr\u003eXVII.       A MEETING WITH OLD FRIENDS, AND AN EXCURSION.\u003cbr\u003eXVIII.      THE BATTLE OF ARBROATH, AND OTHER WARLIKE MATTERS.\u003cbr\u003eXIX.        AN ADVENTURE--SECRETS REVEALED, AND A PRIZE.\u003cbr\u003eXX.         THE SMUGGLERS ARE \"TREATED\" TO GIN AND ASTONISHMENT.\u003cbr\u003eXXI.        THE BELL ROCK AGAIN--A DREARY NIGHT IN A STRANGE\u003cbr\u003e            HABITATION.\u003cbr\u003eXXII.       LIFE IN THE BEACON--STORY OF THE EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE.\u003cbr\u003eXXIII.      THE STORM.\u003cbr\u003eXXIV.       A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS.\u003cbr\u003eXXV.        THE BELL ROOK IN A FOG--NARROW ESCAPE OF THE SMEATON.\u003cbr\u003eXXVI.       A SUDDEN AND TREMENDOUS CHANGE IN FORTUNES.\u003cbr\u003eXXVII.      OTHER THINGS BESIDES MURDER \"WILL OUT\".\u003cbr\u003eXXVIII.     THE LIGHTHOUSE COMPLETED--RUBY'S ESCAPE FROM TROUBLE BY A\u003cbr\u003e            DESPERATE VENTURE.\u003cbr\u003eXXIX.       THE WRECK.\u003cbr\u003eXXX.        OLD FRIENDS IN NEW CIRCUMSTANCES.\u003cbr\u003eXXXI.       MIDNIGHT CHAT IN A LANTERN.\u003cbr\u003eXXXII.      EVERYDAY LIFE ON THE BELL ROOK, AND OLD MEMORIES\u003cbr\u003e            RECALLED.\u003cbr\u003eXXXIII.     CONCLUSION.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE LIGHTHOUSE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE ROCK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEarly on a summer morning, about the beginning of the nineteenth\u003cbr\u003ecentury, two fishermen of Forfarshire wended their way to the shore,\u003cbr\u003elaunched their boat, and put off to sea.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the men was tall and ill-favoured, the other, short and\u003cbr\u003ewell-favoured. Both were square-built, powerful fellows, like most\u003cbr\u003emen of the class to which they belonged.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was about that calm hour of the morning which precedes sunrise,\u003cbr\u003ewhen most living creatures are still asleep, and inanimate nature\u003cbr\u003ewears, more than at other times, the semblance of repose. The sea was\u003cbr\u003elike a sheet of undulating glass. A breeze had been expected, but,\u003cbr\u003ein defiance of expectation, it had not come, so the boatmen were\u003cbr\u003eobliged to use their oars. They used them well, however, insomuch\u003cbr\u003ethat the land ere long appeared like a blue line on the horizon, then\u003cbr\u003ebecame tremulous and indistinct, and finally vanished in the mists of\u003cbr\u003emorning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe men pulled \"with a will,\"--as seamen pithily express in silence.\u003cbr\u003eOnly once during the first hour did the ill-favoured man venture a\u003cbr\u003eremark. Referring to the absence of wind, he said, that \"it would be\u003cbr\u003ea' the better for landin' on the rock.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis was said in the broadest vernacular dialect, as, indeed, was\u003cbr\u003eeverything that dropped from the fishermen's lips. We take the\u003cbr\u003eliberty of modifying it a little, believing that strict fidelity here\u003cbr\u003ewould entail inevitable loss of sense to many of our readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe remark, such as it was, called forth a rejoinder from the short\u003cbr\u003ecomrade, who stated his belief that \"they would be likely to find\u003cbr\u003esomethin' there that day.\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47068741796080,"sku":"2940013301238","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013301238_p0.jpg?v=1763579591","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013301238","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}