A brisk wind was blowing from the shore, but the beach itself was sheltered.

The sunlight poured over her in a warm flood.

It was a perfect day in May.
Suddenly a curious thing happened.

A small stone from nowhere fell with a smart tap upon her uncovered head! She started, surprised into full consciousness, and looked around.

The shore stretched empty behind her.
There was no sign of life among the grass-grown cliffs, save where Columbus some little distance away was digging industriously at the root of a small bush.