The Master of Phoenix Hall
“I could feel it, an almost human presence over all the countryside. The coach was making a slow winding climb up a hill, through pine trees and scrubby oaks with blackish-green and rusty brown leaves. As we reached the top of the hill we saw the ocean for the first time, a surging blue-gray mass with a life all its own, moving out to a misty horizon. Dunes covered with the stubble of salt grass slanted down to the water and sea gulls circled aimlessly. I felt my heart leap with excitement as I ...saw this beauty unlike any I had ever seen before.
“It’s marvelous, Nan,” I exclaimed.
“Pretty,” she said, more restrained in her admiration.
“Look at the water—and the gulls. The sun on their wings.”
“Nice,” she agreed.
Up in the distance a town was set on some rocky cliffs, and near at hand there was a sprinkling of farms and fishermen’s houses. They looked rough and raw, beaten by the sea wind, but their colors were bright in the harsh white sunlight. Plumes of smoke rose from the chimneys, and I saw tiny figures moving like toys.MoreLess
“It’s marvelous, Nan,” I exclaimed.
“Pretty,” she said, more restrained in her admiration.
“Look at the water—and the gulls. The sun on their wings.”
“Nice,” she agreed.
Up in the distance a town was set on some rocky cliffs, and near at hand there was a sprinkling of farms and fishermen’s houses. They looked rough and raw, beaten by the sea wind, but their colors were bright in the harsh white sunlight. Plumes of smoke rose from the chimneys, and I saw tiny figures moving like toys.MoreLess
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