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Chapter 37

           ThelakewidenedandacrossitontheshoreatthefootofthemountainsontheothersidewesawafewlightsthatshouldbeLuino.IsawawedgelikegapbetweenthemountainsontheothershoreandIthoughtthatmustbeLuino.Ifitwasweweremakinggoodtime.Ipulledintheoarsandlaybackontheseat.Iwasvery,verytiredofrowing.Myarmsandshouldersandbackachedandmyhandsweresore.

           "Icouldholdtheumbrella,"Catherinesaid."Wecouldsailwiththatwiththewind."

           "Canyousteer?"

           "Ithinkso."

           "YoutakethisoarandholditunderyourarmclosetothesideoftheboatandsteerandI’llholdtheumbrella."Iwentbacktothesternandshowedherhowtoholdtheoar.Itookthebigumbrellatheporterhadgivenmeandsatfacingthebowandopenedit.Itopenedwithaclap.Ihelditonbothsides,sittingastridethehandlehookedovertheseat.ThewindwasfullinitandIfelttheboatsuckforwardwhileIheldashardasIcouldtothetwoedges.Itpulledhard.Theboatwasmovingfast.

           "We’regoingbeautifully,"Catherinesaid.AllIcouldseewasumbrellaribs.TheumbrellastrainedandpulledandIfeltusdrivingalongwithit.Ibracedmyfeetandheldbackonit,thensuddenly,itbuckled;Ifeltaribsnaponmyforehead,ItriedtograbthetopthatwasbendingwiththewindandthewholethingbuckledandwentinsideoutandIwasastridethehandleofaninside-out,rippedumbrella,whereIhadbeenholdingawind-filledpullingsail.

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