The Mystery of the Sea Chapter 36 - The Rising Tide

In which a rising tide traps the narrator and Marjory within a cave's narrow confines, compelling them to ingeniously build a precarious refuge upon heaps of treasure while enduring encroaching cold and stifling air. Their steadfast courage, mingled with a tender devotion, faces the slow, silent menace of the sea in a harrowing vigil between life and death.