The Mystery of the Sea Chapter 5 - The Mystery of the Sea

In which the narrator encounters the mystic Gormala upon a moonlit cliff, witnessing the tragic drowning of a man cast against the perilous Cruden Skares and becoming entwined with a spectral procession of drowned souls that traverse the land in solemn remembrance. Amidst this otherworldly pageant, the narrator bears a heavy burden both physical and spiritual, observing strange portents by the venerable Holy Well as the waters themselves seem to claim the lost man’s earthly remains.