Two extracts. |
It was the lady who came on board with eight
hats who misled me. One for every day of the week, I supposed, and two on
Sunday. Mind you when a stiff breeze is blowing across the decks of the ship,
then you could get through several hats in the course of a voyage. We noticed
they floated quite well - brim uppermost. |
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A little number in red resembled an eyeshade. Not
that it would be very efficient, it reminded me of an open venetian blind. We
find the same problem here with the palm trees. Their leaves are so sparse and
slender that most of the sun's rays filter through and there is little
protection from the sun. There were models for every kind of woman. For the
complex personality - a collection of mathematical cusps and curves, all
intertwined in an intricate fashion. The one representing half of Saturn,
complete with rings, was presumably for the astrologically minded. |
