![]() ![]() Is there even one amongst you who doesn’t recognize the infamous opening paragraphs of the most terrifying novel of the sea ever written? Without reading one more sentence we all knew that this particular moonlight swim would not end well. “First a swim,” said the woman, “to clear your head.” The woman laughed and took his hand, and together they ran to the beach. The man was drunk, and he stumbled on the bottom step. The front door to the house opened, and a man and woman stepped out onto the wooden front porch, they stood for a moment staring at the sea, embraced quickly, and scrambled down the few steps onto the sand. From a house behind the grasssplotched dunes, lights cast yellow glimmers on the sand. All that separated sea from shore was a long straight stretch of beach, so white it shone. ![]() ![]() The land seemed almost as dark as the water, for there was no moon. ![]()
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