Positively, Ibegin to believe Im one of those who
should never live out of earshotof its waves. Caked in mud, soaked to the skin, he
climbedto his feet and staggered home. SEND ME SOME WARMER UNDERCLOTHING, THE
CONTINUAL BLOW OF THEEQUINOCTIAL GALES. In such a mood he was
unassailable:insensitive alike to pain or pleasure.
Pride also meant the shuddering withdrawal
ofoneself, because of a rawness .
Surely to goodness, I can call a little time my
own? To have to rush like mad as soon as ever a flag went up.
He tried to tell Luce but she was too sleepy,
andjust said: I fought he would.
AND IN THAT WAY I SHOULD NOT FEEL THAT I WAS
LEAVING YOU ENTIRELYUNPROVIDED FOR.
And Mamma began to say dreadfully: Oh, RICHARD!
Would God be VERY angry with Cuffy for tellin what wasnt true? But Papa knocked it
off, andjumped up calling out: What is it? Every toy they possessed, too, went with
them; she saw to that.
For the first time, she faced the possibility that
they might have tolet the mortgage lapse.
I had a nasty fall on the deck thismorning. THERE
OUGHT TO BE A BOARD UP WARNING US SILLY WOMEN OFF.
It was gone: was lost, hopelessly lost, inrain and
darkness. Picking it up she re-readit, and for a moment alarm riddled her. SOIF YOU
REGRET NARRONG, YOU MUST FORGIVE ME; IT WAS DONE FOR YOUR SAKE. It was gone: was
lost, hopelessly lost, inrain and darkness. And this suffused him,penetrated him,
lapped him round. The matterboiled down to this: was any sacrifice too great to make
for Richard?
And then something in him got too big and he had to
cry,because Papa was found.