She was still absorbed in the water and the exquisitely pleasant sensations which a little depth of the sea washing over rocks suggests.

He noticed that she was wearing a dress of deep blue colour, made of a soft thin cotton stuff, which clung to the shape of her body.

It was a body with the angles and hollows of a young woman's body not yet developed, but in no way distorted, and thus interesting and even lovable.

Raising his eyes Hewet observed her head; she had taken her hat off, and the face rested on her hand.

As she looked down into the sea, her lips were slightly parted.
The expression was one of childlike intentness, as if she were watching for a fish to swim past over the clear red rocks.