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The two ends of the horseshoe formed bare slabs of smooth granite running into the sea and forming dangerous reefs just below the surface, but the rest of the island rose in a forty foot ridge and sloped down steeply to the sea on either side, being nowhere more than a hundred yards wide. THE TWO ENDS OF THE HORSESHOE FORMED BARE SLABS OF SMOOTH GRANITE RUNNING INTO THE SEA AND FORMING DANGEROUS REEFS JUST BELOW THE SURFACE BUT THE REST OF THE ISLAND ROSE IN A FORTY FOOT RIDGE AND SLOPED DOWN STEEPLY TO THE SEA ON EITHER SIDE BEING NOWHERE MORE THAN A HUNDRED YARDS WIDE
y she had come into her own. "I've been all over the island," she announced laughingly, "and there are two things wanting." "You're a good judge, Joan. What are they?" "There's no animal life, and there's no—water." "They go together," I said. "Animals don't bother with a rock like this unless there's a spring on it." And as she led me from place to place, happy and excited, leaping adroitly from rock to rock, I was glad to note that my first impressions were correct. She made no reference to our conversation of the night before. The new spirit had driven out the old. There was no room in her heart for fear or anxiety, and Nature had everything her own way. The island, we found, was some three-quarters of a mile from point to point, built in a circle, or wide horseshoe, with an opening of twenty feet at the mouth of the lagoon. Pine-trees grew thickly all over, but here and there were patches of silver birch, scrub oak, and considerable colonies of wild raspberry and gooseberry bushes. UNG IN HER LOOSE FLYING HAIR OBVIOUSLY SHE HAD COME INTO HER OWN I'VE BEEN ALL OVER THE ISLAND SHE ANNOUNCED LAUGHINGLY AND THERE ARE TWO THINGS WANTING YOU'RE A GOOD JUDGE JOAN WHAT WHAT ARE THEY THERE'S NO ANIMAL LIFE AND THERE'S NO WATER THEY GO TOGETHER I SAID ANIMALS DON'T BOTHER WITH A ROCK LIKE THIS UNLESS THERE'S A SPRING ON IT AND AS SHE LED ME FROM PLACE TO PLACE HAPPY AND EXCITED LEAPING ADROITLY FROM ROCK TO ROCK I WAS GLAD TO NOTE THAT MY FIRST IMPRESSIONS WERE CORRECT SHE MADE NO REFERENCE TO OUR CONVERSATION OF THE NIGHT BEFORE THE NEW SPIRIT HAD DRIVEN OUT THE OLD THERE WAS NO ROOM IN HER HEART FOR FEAR OR ANXIETY AND NATURE HAD EVERYTHING HER OWN WAY THE ISLAND WE FOUND WAS SOME THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE FROM POINT TO POINT BUILT IN A CIRCLE OR WIDE HORSESHOE WITH AN OPENING OF TWENTY FEET AT THE MOUTH OF THE LAGOON PINE TREES GREW THICKLY ALL OVER BUT HERE AND THERE WERE PATCHES OF SILVER BIRCH SCRUB OAK AND CONSIDERABLE COLONIES OF WILD RASPBERRY AND GOOSEBERRY BUSHES
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