THE OLD MAN.
Did you see the two sisters' hair quiver on their shoulders?
THE STRANGER.
They turned their heads this way…. They simply turned their heads. Perhaps I spoke too loud. [The two young girls resume their former position.] But they are already looking no longer…. I went into the water up to my waist and I was able to take her by the hand and pull her without effort to the shore…. She was as beautiful as her sisters are.