The Mystery of the Sea Chapter 4 - Lammas Floods

In which the narrator wrestles with the mysterious influence of Gormala MacNiel, a seer-woman whose cryptic prophecies entwine with the approaching Lammas-tide and its foretold floods, casting a strange spell over his understanding of fate and nature. As the skies darken and torrents fall in a relentless deluge, the world takes on a portentous aspect, and the narrator finds his mind caught in a web of ancient lore, celestial mechanics, and a burgeoning sense of supernatural destiny.