“What has happened?” he asked in astonishment.
“Nothing, except that the tide has turned,” answered Larry.
“But the breeze? Where does that come from?”
“From the sea. It always comes in with the flood-tide, and we’ve been waiting for it. Pull on your coat or stand out of the draught; the sudden change might give you a cold.”
“Then you don’t have to melt for whole days at a time, but get a little relief like this, now and then?”
“We don’t melt at all. We don’t suffer half as much from hot weather as the people of northern cities do—particularly New York.”
“But why not, if you have to undergo a grilling like this every day?”
“It doesn’t happen every day, or anything like every day. It never lasts long and we know how to endure it.”
“How? I’m anxious to learn. I may be put on the broiler again and I want to be prepared.”