The Lighthouse Keeper — Chapter 1, Page 17
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Back up. Lamp shaking with each step. Elias: Do not go out. Hold till I get there. Above, a thin glow still turns. Elias: Still burning. Thank God.
Image description
A man climbs a winding stone staircase in a lighthouse, holding a lantern; he thinks to himself, and then he looks up to the top of the lighthouse where a light glows.
About this chapter
Elias begins his first day as the keeper of the lighthouse, discovering the strange properties of the light and the isolation of the island. He finds an old journal that hints at a mystery regarding the previous keeper.