Chapter III: Book III: I.--How We Hunted the Seals 183

II.--ONCE MORE THE VISION 188

III.--"LOVE, I SPEAK TO THY FACE" 193

IV.--HOPE BORN OF SPRING 201

V.--TO THE HIGHER COURT 208

VI.--"THE NIGHT IS DARK" 216

VII.--THE WILD WAVES WHIST 227

VIII.--"GOD'S IN HIS HEAVEN" 236

IX.--"GOD'S PUPPETS, BEST AND WORST" 249

X.--"DEATH SHRIVE THY SOUL!" 254

XI.--THE RIDDLE OF LIFE 263

XII.--TO CALL A SPIRIT FROM THE VASTY DEEP 271

XIII.--THE EVENING AND THE MORNING 283

THE MERMAID.

_BOOK I._