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Chapter 10

           Immediatelytothewestofthebaywiththecottagesthegroundrosesteeplyintoalittlecliffthatraninlandsomehundredsofyards,acrumbledandcrevicedreddishwall;asifitwassomefortificationforthesolitaryvillathatlayontheheadlandbeyond.AllIknewofthisvillawasthatitbelongedtoapresumablyWell-to-doAthenian,whouseditonlyinhighsummer.Becauseofaninterveningriseinthepineforest,onecouldseenomorethantheflatroofoftheplacefromthecentralridge.Butnowathinwispofpalesmokecurledupfromtheroof.Itwasnolongerdeserted.Myfirstfeelingwasoneofresentment,aCrusoelikeresentment,sincethesolitudeofthesouthsideoftheislandmustnowbespoiltandIhadcometofeelpossessiveaboutit.Itwasmysecretprovinceandnooneelse’sIpermittedthepoorfishermeninthethreecottagesnooneelserisenbeyondpeasanthoodhadanyrighttoit.ForallthatIwascurious,andIchoseapaththatIknewleddowntoacovetheothersideofBourani,thenameoftheheadlandthevillastoodon.Theseaandastripofbleachedstonesfinallyshonethroughthepines.Icametotheedgeofthem.Itwasalargeopencove,astretchofshingle,theseaasclearasglass,walledbytwoheadlands.Ontheleftandsteeper,theeastwardone,Bourani,laythevillahiddeninthetrees,whichgrewmorethicklytherethananywhereelseontheisland.

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