CHAPTER XXVII.—THE STAR OF THE SEA.

Sir Charleroy, partially restored, with Miriamne and Cornelius journeying toward Syria—Passing Cyprus—Olympus—A storm rising on the Mediterranean—Cornelius presses his love suit on Miriamne—Miriamne pledges love, but pleads her mission as a barrier to marriage—Conflicts below, tempests aloft—A dream; Venus’s court and Mary’s triumph—Sir Charleroy in frenzy defying the billows—An hour of peril—The “Lightning Song” of the sailors—The twin stars—“Mary, Star of the Sea”—The victims of fabricated consciences—Parting. Page 397