It is better, so long as only you and I see it." Down by the steps, Veronica stood very still, looking out over the blue water, and Taquisara was beside her.

She waited for him to speak again, sure that he had not said all.
"Such things seem improbable in these days," he said quietly.

"You say that it is dreadful.

It is.

I have seen it, and have been with him day after day.