We stopped in the middle of the walk. I looked out into the bay, seeing the dim lights of the apartments and the bridge through the light haze of the fog coming up from the water. I shifted my weight and abruptly heard a stressed groan; the sound of wood constantly warped by moist air, then dried by sunlight.
Captain Tory stood by my side, firmly grasping my arm and holding a lantern toward the bay. The air felt cold and moist on my cheek in the late evening, as the last light of the sun faded away through the overcast sky. There was a twinkle on the water that shifted and waved in the disturbance made when the scooner appeared in the water.
Captain Tory, with the lantern in his hand, rose his arm and held it out straight so the light was visible over the cast iron rail, illuminating the boards of the walk around us and the stones, wet from the sea. The ship ascended from the mist, pulling into the dock.
We walked over as the ropes were being thrown from the ship. As we approached, a man came down a ramp and walked toward us. When we met on the dock, he looked toward me, put his hand on my shoulder and asked in a deep, authorative voice “Would you like to know the truth?”
Captain Tory stood by my side, firmly grasping my arm and holding a lantern toward the bay. The air felt cold and moist on my cheek in the late evening, as the last light of the sun faded away through the overcast sky. There was a twinkle on the water that shifted and waved in the disturbance made when the scooner appeared in the water.
Captain Tory, with the lantern in his hand, rose his arm and held it out straight so the light was visible over the cast iron rail, illuminating the boards of the walk around us and the stones, wet from the sea. The ship ascended from the mist, pulling into the dock.
We walked over as the ropes were being thrown from the ship. As we approached, a man came down a ramp and walked toward us. When we met on the dock, he looked toward me, put his hand on my shoulder and asked in a deep, authorative voice “Would you like to know the truth?”
