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69 PART II.--THE QUARTETTE VII. THE PEARL-FISHER 81 VIII. BETTER ACQUAINTANCE 96 IX. THE DINNER PARTY 109 X. THE OPEN DOOR 118 XI. DAVID AND GOLIATH 131 XII. A TAIL-PIECE 151 WEIR OF HERMISTON Introductory 159 I. Life and Death of Mrs. Weir 161 II. Father and Son 175 III. In the Matter of the Hanging of Duncan Jopp 181 IV. Opinions of the Bench 196 V. Winter on the Moors: 1. At Hermiston 205 2. Kirstie 208 3. A Border Family 212 VI. A Leaf from Christina's Psalm-Book 228 VII. Enter Mephistopheles 253 VIII. A Nocturnal Visit 270 IX. At the Weaver's Stone 278 Sir Sidney Colvin's Note 284 Glossary of Scots Words 297 THE EBB-TIDE _A Trio and Quartette_ WRITTEN IN COLLABORATION WITH LLOYD OSBOURNE "_There is a tide in the affairs of men_" NOTE.--_On the pronunciation of a name very frequently repeated in these pages, the reader may take for a guide_-- "It was the schooner _Farallone_." _R. L. S.--L. O._ NOTE BY MR. LLOYD OSBOURNE Stevenson and I little knew, when we began our collaboration, that we were afterwards to raise such a hornets' nest about our ears. The critics resented such an unequal partnership, and made it impossible for us to continue it. It may be that they were right; they wanted Stevenson's best, and felt pretty sure they would not get it in our collaboration. But when they ascribed all the good in our three books to Stevenson and all the bad to me, they went a little beyond the mark. It is a pleasure to me to recall that the early part of both "The Wrecker" and "The Ebb-Tide" was almost entirely my own; so also were the storm scenes of the _Norah Creina_; so also the fight on the _Flying Scud_; so also the inception of Huish's scheme, the revelation o
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