The Selkie
“It was as though muscles and bones and senses were all finally being put to proper use after a long sleep. Hexy had no difficulty rowing the boat over to the fishermen’s deserted island and past the reef where she could now plainly see the jagged upthrusts of gray stone that lurked just below the surface. Nor was it any great effort to pull the watersaturated boat up on shore above the tidal line, though attempting such an act would not have been considered even the week before.
There was a new... acuity to her other senses as well that was sometimes actually painful. Sight, hearing and especially her sense of smell were all now particularly keen. The repairs continued at Fintry, but Hexy avoided the workmen as much as possible. Their curious gazes annoyed her. Also, her sense of smell had grown so profound that to be near them and their perspiration-soaked woolens was a battery on her olfactory nerves.
The only thing worse than the smell of the workmen’s unwashed bodies was the open cesses being converted to modern sanitation systems.MoreLess
There was a new... acuity to her other senses as well that was sometimes actually painful. Sight, hearing and especially her sense of smell were all now particularly keen. The repairs continued at Fintry, but Hexy avoided the workmen as much as possible. Their curious gazes annoyed her. Also, her sense of smell had grown so profound that to be near them and their perspiration-soaked woolens was a battery on her olfactory nerves.
The only thing worse than the smell of the workmen’s unwashed bodies was the open cesses being converted to modern sanitation systems.MoreLess
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