There are not many boats in this little river;only a few dinghies, laden with dry branches and twigs, are moving leisurely along to the tired plash!plash!of their oars.
To present an opposing political idea, to suggest we wanted something different to eat, to be frank about our tiredness or anxiety, could threaten us with annihilation.
Cape Cod has long provided the stage for American dramas, grand and small, from the weary Pilgrims who waded ashore for a better life, to the early beachcombers who soughtquiet refuge from the industrial age.