She placed one hand on the nape of his neck and stroked the dense darkcurl of his hair. Atthree points around the steel ring that formed the mouth of the net wereattached manila lines; these were spliced to the heavier winch line bywhich the dip-net was lifted and lowered. Abe had provided her with an up-to-date bulletin so that as each cameforward diffidently to present their spouses Hendrick drew level with him and the foreman's lips drew back from hisbad teeth as he smiled even more widely.
itive face, she thought,and then her female instincts were alerted as she caught the secretglance the couple exchanged. nd dancesbeautifully, that he is handsome in a funny sort of way and would makeany girl a wonderful husband. He was aware of abenign feeling, of love, that was not too strong a word, yes, of love,as though he were being overlooked by someone or something that caredfor him very deeply. would you like a little kiss then, my pretty boy.
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