One Minute Past Eight
“She felt hot and tired and discouraged and the swimming pool looked so inviting when she glanced down at it from her window that she peeled off her clothes and pulled on her suit. Taking her cap, a straw bag, and her key, she went down the back way, using the stairs.
Only a half-dozen of the web-seated aluminum chairs were in use, and when she’d been given two towels by the attendant, she selected a chaise which had been left adjusted in a flat position and deposited her things.
With th...e edges of her hair tucked up under her white cap, she dived from one side of the pool, stretching out the dive as long as she could and finding the water pleasantly refreshing after the first cool shock. She paddled about for five minutes and then stretched out on the chaise, face down. She reversed her position twenty minutes later when the hot sun began to spread its heat on her skin.
When she had taken her second dip and sat toweling herself she decided not to bother dressing for lunch, so she walked over to one of the round tables at the far end and caught the eye of one of the waitresses.MoreLess
Only a half-dozen of the web-seated aluminum chairs were in use, and when she’d been given two towels by the attendant, she selected a chaise which had been left adjusted in a flat position and deposited her things.
With th...e edges of her hair tucked up under her white cap, she dived from one side of the pool, stretching out the dive as long as she could and finding the water pleasantly refreshing after the first cool shock. She paddled about for five minutes and then stretched out on the chaise, face down. She reversed her position twenty minutes later when the hot sun began to spread its heat on her skin.
When she had taken her second dip and sat toweling herself she decided not to bother dressing for lunch, so she walked over to one of the round tables at the far end and caught the eye of one of the waitresses.MoreLess
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