Name: The Roll-Call Of The Reef
Author: Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
ISBN: 9781540823885

Literature & Fiction | Horror Fiction

The Roll-Call Of The Reef

By Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 27 Feb, 2020

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Yes, sir," said my host, the quarryman, reaching down the relics from their hook in the wall over the chimneypiece; "they've hung here all my time and most of my father's. The women won't touch 'em; they're afraid of the story. So here they'll dangle ... Read more

Yes, sir," said my host, the quarryman, reaching down the relics from their hook in the wall over the chimneypiece; "they've hung here all my time and most of my father's. The women won't touch 'em; they're afraid of the story. So here they'll dangle, and gather dust and smoke, till another tenant comes and tosses 'em out o' doors for rubbish. Whew! 'tis coarse weather, surely." He went to the door, opened it, and stood studying the gale that beat upon his cottage-front, straight from the Manacle Reef. The rain drove past him into the kitchen, aslant like threads of gold silk in the shine of the wreck-wood fire. Meanwhile, by the same firelight, I examined the relics on my knee. Less