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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