Chapter 10

           Thiswasthefirstevent.ItwasaSundayinlateMay,blueasabird’swing,fresh,hot,inmintcondition.Iclimbedupthegoatpathstotheisland’sridge-back,fromwherethegreenfrothofthepinetopsrolledsouthwardstwomilesdowntothecoast.Theseawasapureveronicablue,stretchinglikeasilkcarpetacrosstotheshadowywallofmountainsonthemainlandtothewest.Thesemountainsreverberatedawaysouth,fiftyorsixtymilesrightdowntothehorizon,underthetotallyuncontaminatedsky.Itwasablueworld,vastandstupendouslymanless,andasalwayswhenIstoodonthecentralridgeoftheislandandsawit,Iforgotmostofmytroubles.Iwalkedalongthecentralridge,westwards,betweenthetwogreatviewsnorthandsouth.Lizardsflashedupthepinetrunkslikelivingemeraldnecklaces.Therewerethymeandrosemaryandotherherbs,andbusheswithflowerslikedandelionsdippedinsky,awild,lambentblue.AfterawhileIcametoaplacewheretheridgefellawaysouthinasmallnear-precipitousbluff.Ialwaysusedtositonthebrinktheretosmokeacigaretteandsurveytheimmenseexpanseofseaandmountains.AlmostassoonasIsatdown,thatSunday,Isawthatsomethingintheviewhadchanged.Belowme,halfwayalongthesouthcoastoftheisland,therewasthebaywiththethreesmallcottages.Fromthisbaythecoastranonwestwardsinaseriesoflowheadlandsandhiddencoves.

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