Excerpt from Circumstance
It was nearly full moon on Long Island I Sound - a night so faultless that almost all of the few passengers on the steamer were out upon deck. High in air above them the dark walking beams swung up and down, and, quivering with their power, the huge bulk of the steamer hurled on through the snow-white lift of water cast from her cleaving bow.
A young girl and a man leaned over the rail, gaily chatting, unsubdued by the radiant beauty of a windless, moonlit night which, by degrees, had brought to unexplained silence most of the groups scattered here and there along the decks.
From the level of the upper deck a woman of some thirty-six years watched the couple on the bow. Once or twice she looked at her watch, and at last, seeing them move, went down to the lower deck, where she met them walking aft.
"My dear Miss Morrow," she said, "I have been looking for you everywhere. I was told you were on board. Imagine my surprise! I am sure Mr. Masters must want a cigar, and will let me have you for a walk on deck."
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