The New Optimism

The New Optimism
By H. de Vere Stacpoole
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head. New York: John Lane Company Toronto: Bell & Cockburn MCMXIV
COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY JOHN LANE COMPANY PUBLISHERS PRINTING COMPANY, NEW YORK, U. S. A.
The New Optimism
The Beach We Came From
I WAS standing by the sea-wall, watching the green water foaming round the stakes of the breakwater, when my companion, a charming and elegant woman, turned to me:
“What is there in water that fascinates one?” she asked.
“Do you feel the fascination?”
“Yes.”
“Do you not know why you feel it?”
“No.”