The New Optimism
PART I
ON THE BEACH
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.”