The Beloved Land
“New Orleans at midday greeted them with scented mist and noise. After weeks of seaborne solitude, the clamor battered against her ears.
The humid heat was stifling. A strong wind had steadily borne them south around the tip of Florida and then back up the Mexican Gulf. But the breeze was nearly gone, and there was no relief from the damp and sweltering temperature.
The closer they came to the harbor docks, the more she recognized the familiar scents and odors of Louisiana—charcoal and spices an...d fried dough and roasting hickory coffee. Others came from oily smoke and muddy refuse exposed by the low tide and close-packed humanity.
A harbor pilot had come out by longboat to guide them in. Nicole heard him say to her husband, “With the tide as it is, Captain, I suggest you anchor out from shore and wait for the incoming sea to draw into berth.”
“We have little besides ourselves to offload, sir. I’m quite happy to ride at anchor well away from the docks,” Gordon replied. He paused.MoreLess
The humid heat was stifling. A strong wind had steadily borne them south around the tip of Florida and then back up the Mexican Gulf. But the breeze was nearly gone, and there was no relief from the damp and sweltering temperature.
The closer they came to the harbor docks, the more she recognized the familiar scents and odors of Louisiana—charcoal and spices an...d fried dough and roasting hickory coffee. Others came from oily smoke and muddy refuse exposed by the low tide and close-packed humanity.
A harbor pilot had come out by longboat to guide them in. Nicole heard him say to her husband, “With the tide as it is, Captain, I suggest you anchor out from shore and wait for the incoming sea to draw into berth.”
“We have little besides ourselves to offload, sir. I’m quite happy to ride at anchor well away from the docks,” Gordon replied. He paused.MoreLess
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