Chapter 20. Introduces the next

           

           ThepassengerswerelandingfromthepacketonthepieratCalais.Alow-lyingplaceandalow-spiritedplaceCalaiswas,withthetideebbingouttowardslowwater-mark.Therehadbeennomorewateronthebarthanhadsufficedtofloatthepacketin;andnowthebaritself,withashallowbreakofseaoverit,lookedlikealazymarinemonsterjustrisentothesurface,whoseformwasindistinctlyshownasitlayasleep.Themeagrelighthouseallinwhite,hauntingtheseaboardasifitweretheghostofanedificethathadoncehadcolourandrotundity,droppedmelancholytearsafteritslatebuffetingbythewaves.Thelongrowsofgauntblackpiles,slimyandwetandweather-worn,withfuneralgarlandsofseaweedtwistedaboutthembythelatetide,mighthaverepresentedanunsightlymarinecemetery.Everywave-dashed,storm-beatenobject,wassolowandsolittle,underthebroadgreysky,inthenoiseofthewindandsea,andbeforethecurlinglinesofsurf,makingatitferociously,thatthewonderwastherewasanyCalaisleft,andthatitslowgatesandlowwallandlowroofsandlowditchesandlowsand-hillsandlowrampartsandflatstreets,hadnotyieldedlongagototheunderminingandbesiegingsea,likethefortificationschildrenmakeonthesea-shore.

           Afterslippingamongoozypilesandplanks,stumblingupwetstepsandencounteringmanysaltdifficulties,thepassengersenteredontheircomfortlessperegrinationalongthepier;wherealltheFrenchvagabondsandEnglishoutlawsinthetown(halfthepopulation)attendedtopreventtheirrecoveryfrombewilderment.

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