You don't have to tell me about it.

I know that the Helen Page habit is a damned difficult habit to break!" It cannot be said that he made any violent effort to break it.

At least, not one that was obvious to Fair Harbor or to Helen.
One of their favorite drives was through the pine woods to the point on which stood the lighthouse, and on one of these excursions they explored a forgotten wood road and came out upon a cliff.

The cliff overlooked the sea, and below it was a jumble of rocks with which the waves played hide and seek.

On many afternoons and mornings they returned to this place, and, while Latimer read to her, Helen would sit with her back to a tree and toss pine-cones into the water.