The Man Who Laughs Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XI - The Caskets

In which the steadfast and solemn lighthouse of the Caskets is described with a mathematical precision born of the nineteenth century, standing in stark contrast to its extravagantly adorned predecessors of earlier times. This beacon, sombre and unyielding, casts its warning light upon the treacherous shoals, illuminating not salvation but the very place of a ship’s possible doom amidst the indifferent fury of the sea.