Fishermen who tried to come in by night were often trapped there and, in a rough sea, drowned.

That is why I had that pillar of light built.

On stormy nights it shows the exact entrance to the water causeway." "Very kind of you indeed," Hamel remarked, "very benevolent." Mr.Fentolin sighed.
"So few people have any real feeling for sailors," he continued.

"The fishermen around here are certainly rather a casual class.

Do you know that there is scarcely one of them who can swim?
There isn't one of them who isn't too lazy to learn even the simplest stroke.