The Lighthouse Keeper — Chapter 1, Page 19
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He will not sleep. Not tonight. If they rise again, I will see it first. The journal lies open on his knee. Day 44: It knocked. I did not open. Day 44: It knocked: I did not open.
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Elias, a man with salt-and-pepper hair, stands and then sits in a lighthouse lantern room at night, looking out at the dark ocean, before looking down at his journal open on his knee.
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.