The Four Temperaments (2009)
The Four Temperaments
“When their sons were young, they always rented places on Cape Cod. The boys had loved the ocean and they did too. But when the children no longer accompanied them and the Cape grew more and more crowded, they began to look for something else. The alternative they found pleased them both and the weeks they spent here were idyllic, even for a couple married as long as they had been. True, this past year had been harder than most. All the more reason, then, to look forward to the restorative powers the place had always had.It was the water that had originally drawn Oscar to the spot; the cottage itself was modest, even cramped, and though the surrounding woods were pleasant enough, they lacked any real character. But outside the cottage was an ambling wraparound porch, punctuated with several large, heavy glass windows that extended nearly from its floor to its ceiling. No matter where he sat, he could see the open expanse of the lake, and there was always something to see. In the mornin...g, he and Ruth brought their breakfast out to the porch to watch the water, which was sometimes smooth as glass and other times animated by small, noisy waves.MoreLess
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