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Chapter 46

           TenminuteslaterIgaveup;IknewIwasnotgoingtofindanycluetothegirls’trueidentity,andthatwasallthatinterestedme.Iwentdowntotheprivatebeachtheboatwasgoneandswamoutofthelittlecoveandrounditseasternheadland.Theresomeofthetallestcliffsontheisland,ahundredfeetormorehigh,fellintotheseaamongalitterofbouldersandbrokenrocks.Thecliffscurvedinaveryflatconcavearchalfamileeastwards,notreallymakingabay,butjuttingoutfromthecoastjustenoughtohidethebeachwherethethreecottageswere.Iexaminedeveryyardofthecliffs.Nowaydown,noplacewhereevenasmallboatcouldland.YetthiswastheareaLilyandRosesupposedlyheadedforwhentheywent"home."Therewasdenselowscrubontheabrupt-slopingclifftopsbeforethepinesstarted,justenoughtohidein,butmanifestlyimpossibletolivein.Thatleftonlyonesolution.Theymadetheirwayalongthetopofthecliffs,thencircledinlandanddownpastthecottages.Aveinofcolderwatermademetwistonmyfrontagain,andasIturnedIsaw.Agirlinapalepinkdresswasstandingundertheseawardestpinesontopofthecliff,somehundredyardstotheeastofwhereIwas;inshadow,butbrilliantly,exuberantlyconspicuous.ShewaveddownandIwavedback.Shewalkedafewyardsalongtheedgeofthetrees,thesunlightbetweenthepinesdapplingthepinkdress,andthen,withaninnerleapofexultation,Isawanotherflashofpink,asecondgirl.

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