Chapter II: Part I: Woven with the Ship

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I.--THE BUILDING OF THE SHIP 9

II.--HIS LAST COMMAND 16

III.--THE WOMAN AND THE MAN WHO LOVED HER 23

IV.--CAST UP BY THE SEA 28

V.--THE RESCUE 36

VI.--THE WATER-WITCH 40

VII.--THE HOME OF THE SEA-MAIDEN 50

VIII.--"OLD IRONSIDES" 57

IX.--THE SWORD OF THE CONSTITUTION 65

X.--FACING WORLD-OLD PROBLEMS 74

XI.--BLOWS AT THE HEART 80

XII.--BROKEN RESOLUTIONS 91

XIII.--LOVE HOLDS THE YOKE-LINES 103

XIV.--IN THE SHADOW OF THE SHIP 117

XV.--FORGIVENESS THE FIRST LESSON 123

XVI.--A CLOUD ON THE HORIZON 130

XVII.--FREED! 136

XVIII.--"BUT YET A WOMAN" 143

XIX.--THE USUAL COURSE 147

XX.--RIVALS MEETING 152

XXI.--A HAPPY CONSUMMATION 160

XXII.--"SAMSON AGONISTES" 168

L'ENVOI 180