Excerpt from Under One Roof, Vol. 1 of 3: An Episode in a Family History Calm days but when the least sea is ou, ' the place is unapproachable; the little blue bay is lashed by the lightest breeze into frenzied foam, beneath which are jagged rocks and far stretching ridges of granite, on which many a good ship has laid her bones. N 0 passenger ever comes to land alive at Halcombe Point, as the place is fitly termed for it would be irony indeed to call it Harbour, and there is little salvage for the honest Villagers, for what the Atlantic hurls and grinds against that rock bound coast in clouds of spume it mostly whirls away again; then, after some three days of fury, it will lap and smile about the rocks and ledges for a treacherous hour like some marine Mac beth with its Thou canst not say I did ir.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.