The few who ever revisited the place in August reported that they hadn't seen a soul on the street.
It was a sort of longing for the simple life, for nature, that came over everybody.

Some people sought it at the seaside, where nature had thrown out her broad plank walks and her long piers and her vaudeville shows.

Others sought it in the heart of the country, where nature had spread her oiled motor roads and her wayside inns.

Others, like the Newberrys, preferred to "rough it" in country residences of their own.
Some of the people, as already said, went for business reasons, to avoid the suspicion of having to work all the year round.

Others went to Europe to avoid the reproach of living always in America.