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Chapter 14

           Therewas,indeed,nonoteofdiscordwhateverinthesymphonyweplayedtogetheronthatsweetCoralIsland;andIamnowpersuadedthatthiswasowingtoourhavingbeenalltunedtothesamekeynamely,thatoflove!Yes,welovedoneanotherwithmuchfervencywhilewelivedonthatisland;and,forthematterofthat,weloveeachotherstill.

           AndwhileIamonthissubject,orratherthesubjectthatjustprecededitnamely,thetidesImayhereremarkonanothercuriousnaturalphenomenon.Wefoundthattherewaslittleornotwilightinthisisland.Wehadadistinctremembranceofthecharminglongtwilightathome,whichsomepeoplethinkthemostdelightfulpartofthedaythough,formypart,Ihavealwayspreferredsunrise;andwhenwefirstlanded,weusedtositdownonsomerockypointoreminence,atthecloseofourday’swork,toenjoytheeveningbreeze,butnosoonerhadthesunsunkbelowthehorizonthanallbecamesuddenlydark.Thisrendereditnecessarythatweshouldwatchthesunwhenwehappenedtobeouthunting;fortobesuddenlyleftinthedarkwhileinthewoodswasveryperplexing,as,althoughthestarsshonewithgreatbeautyandbrilliancy,theycouldnotpiercethroughthethickumbrageousboughsthatinterlacedaboveourheads.

           Buttoreturn.AfterhavingtoldallwecouldtoPeterkinabouttheDiamondCaveunderSpoutingCliff,aswenamedthelocality,wewerewendingourwayrapidlyhomewardswhenagruntandasquealwerebornedownbythelandbreezetoourears.

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