All the Way Home And All the Night Through
“The sun swept across King’s Gardens and lifted huge areas of gusty light to tickle and rock the emerald lawns. Ships glinted on the river and the striding blue sky etched the docks’ warehouses black and olive.
Janet and I walked hand in hand down to the pier. The day was almost too brilliant to comprehend with ordinary eyes. The sky was so bright that it could only be looked at with the eyes half closed. The midday sun cavorted between rushing clouds, now and then gracing the railway lines ...with long strips of golden sunlight.
We reached the pier and went into the café. It was almost empty.
The café was set on the pier itself and one wall was entirely of glass so that you had an excellent view of the river interrupted only by the supports of the pier’s upper level and part of the roof of the pontoon, the latter being below the pier level and invisible from the café.
We chose the table near the window.MoreLess
Janet and I walked hand in hand down to the pier. The day was almost too brilliant to comprehend with ordinary eyes. The sky was so bright that it could only be looked at with the eyes half closed. The midday sun cavorted between rushing clouds, now and then gracing the railway lines ...with long strips of golden sunlight.
We reached the pier and went into the café. It was almost empty.
The café was set on the pier itself and one wall was entirely of glass so that you had an excellent view of the river interrupted only by the supports of the pier’s upper level and part of the roof of the pontoon, the latter being below the pier level and invisible from the café.
We chose the table near the window.MoreLess
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