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Unique Tales, v. 1, issue 1, June 1937
Page 5
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UNIQUE TALES 5 the sea; watching and waiting... It was there the searching Ian found her the next dawning, still wide-eyed and sleepless, watching and waiting. She came with him quietly then-and never a word did she ask or answer-with her dark eyes filled with shadow watching through and past to where a patch of sun lay glinting on the waters and the seaweed drifted on the current. Passive she remained through the wedding preparations, save for a curious restlessness before the dawn when a strange and desolate call came yearning out of the mists that concealed the sea-loving rocks and made good folks sit up in the grey-blackness and wonder what sort of creature put its loneliness into its voice as this one did. Still passive she walked in her silence to where the festive guests were waiting-staring at her with no small curiosity. Nor was the least of these Michael O'Strara who sought to console his disturbed mind which had its doubts as to the wisdom of the marriage, and succeeded in dispelling all but the most glorious of hopes. After all this was his wedding day! The girl's attitude suggested complete indifference to her surroundings-not madness, either, but some strange apathy that made her mind seem in a totally different world than her physical self. It was very bewildering. Michael walked over to her as she stood listless in her mother's wedding dress, her shadowy eyes gazing toward the open sea where the waves caressed the rocks and the seaweed curled in the eddies and whirlpools. He took her by the arm and turned her about and began to walk toward the waiting priest. Then, as with a shock of cold water, the girl pulled her arm free, and with a look of uttermost loathing that made him cringe inwardly-though outwardly he was as stupefied as the rest-she turned and looked at the sea hesitantly. She became aware of what was happening in a successive series of waves that broke upon her mind and left her dazzled and half-frightened with the knowledge. Then
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UNIQUE TALES 5 the sea; watching and waiting... It was there the searching Ian found her the next dawning, still wide-eyed and sleepless, watching and waiting. She came with him quietly then-and never a word did she ask or answer-with her dark eyes filled with shadow watching through and past to where a patch of sun lay glinting on the waters and the seaweed drifted on the current. Passive she remained through the wedding preparations, save for a curious restlessness before the dawn when a strange and desolate call came yearning out of the mists that concealed the sea-loving rocks and made good folks sit up in the grey-blackness and wonder what sort of creature put its loneliness into its voice as this one did. Still passive she walked in her silence to where the festive guests were waiting-staring at her with no small curiosity. Nor was the least of these Michael O'Strara who sought to console his disturbed mind which had its doubts as to the wisdom of the marriage, and succeeded in dispelling all but the most glorious of hopes. After all this was his wedding day! The girl's attitude suggested complete indifference to her surroundings-not madness, either, but some strange apathy that made her mind seem in a totally different world than her physical self. It was very bewildering. Michael walked over to her as she stood listless in her mother's wedding dress, her shadowy eyes gazing toward the open sea where the waves caressed the rocks and the seaweed curled in the eddies and whirlpools. He took her by the arm and turned her about and began to walk toward the waiting priest. Then, as with a shock of cold water, the girl pulled her arm free, and with a look of uttermost loathing that made him cringe inwardly-though outwardly he was as stupefied as the rest-she turned and looked at the sea hesitantly. She became aware of what was happening in a successive series of waves that broke upon her mind and left her dazzled and half-frightened with the knowledge. Then
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