Lighthousekeeping
“Dark was walking along the beach.
The moon was new, and laid on her back, as though she had been blown over by the wind that gusted the sand round his boots.
He looked out towards Cape Wrath, and thought he saw the figure of Pew in the glass of the light. The waves were fierce and rapid. There was going to be a storm.
1878. His fiftieth birthday.
When Robert Louis Stevenson had asked if he might visit him, Dark had been pleased. They would go to the lighthouse, and then Dark would show him the ...famous fossil cave. He knew that Stevenson was fascinated by Darwin’s theories of evolution. He had no idea that Stevenson had a particular purpose to his visit.
The men had sat on either side of the fire talking. They had both drunk a good deal of wine, and Stevenson was flushed and animated. Did not Dark think that all men had atavistic qualities? Parts of themselves that lay like undeveloped negatives? Shadow selves, unpictured but present?
Dark felt his breathing shorten. His heart was beating.MoreLess
The moon was new, and laid on her back, as though she had been blown over by the wind that gusted the sand round his boots.
He looked out towards Cape Wrath, and thought he saw the figure of Pew in the glass of the light. The waves were fierce and rapid. There was going to be a storm.
1878. His fiftieth birthday.
When Robert Louis Stevenson had asked if he might visit him, Dark had been pleased. They would go to the lighthouse, and then Dark would show him the ...famous fossil cave. He knew that Stevenson was fascinated by Darwin’s theories of evolution. He had no idea that Stevenson had a particular purpose to his visit.
The men had sat on either side of the fire talking. They had both drunk a good deal of wine, and Stevenson was flushed and animated. Did not Dark think that all men had atavistic qualities? Parts of themselves that lay like undeveloped negatives? Shadow selves, unpictured but present?
Dark felt his breathing shorten. His heart was beating.MoreLess
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