Charles fumbled around. He was scared.
Then Betty looked over her shoulder and smiled. It was a completely new smile. He had never seen it before. It made him tremble with apprehension.
"You know," she said softly, "I think it'll sort of be fun being uninhibited."
Charles knocked over a glass, and his chair, and he paused only to drink some more water.
"So," he shouted, "do I!"
"I suspected you might," said the captain.
Together they went out on the porch and sat down in a swing; and, for a few moments, in silence, they watched Sugar Plum's two moons sailing through the strange, perfumed sky. The larger was celadon green; the smaller, off-white, was glowing, gleaming.
Finally, "Cousin Aurelia?" called Betty.
"Betty, are you out in the dark with that man?"