"So of course," wrote Betty Flanders, pressing her heels rather deeper in the sand, "therewas nothing for it but to leave."Slowly welling from the point of her gold nib, pale blue ink dissolved the full stop; for thereher pen stuck; her eyes fixed, and tears slowly filled them. The entire bay quivered; thelighthouse wobbled; and she had the illusion that the mast of Mr. Connor's little yacht wasbending like a wax candle in the sun. She winked quickly. Accidents were awful things. Shewinked again. The mast was straight; the waves were regular; the lighthouse was upright;but the blot had spread."...nothing for it but to leave," she read."Well, if Jacob doesn't want to play" (the shadow of Archer, her eldest son, fell across thenotepaper and looked blue on the sand, and she felt chilly-it was the third of Septemberalready), "if Jacob doesn't want to play"-what a horrid blot It must be getting late.
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