Toilers of the Sea Part I Book 4 Chapter IV - A Nocturnal Serenade

In which four years glide quietly by, and the steadfast affection of a solitary soul deepens without utterance, while beneath a beckoning window the gentle sound of bagpipes weaves a tender vigil. New faces and shifting tides mark the isle’s spiritual and social life, bringing with them murmurs of change and the stirring of old customs against the canvas of evolving belief.