Beyond her was a purple sky, flowering with stars over the harbor.
Anne heard her companion give a gasp.

Even in the dusk she could see the amazement and admiration on his face.
"Who is that beautiful creature ?" he asked.
"That is Mrs.Moore," said Anne.

"She is very lovely, isn't she ?" "I--I never saw anything like her," he answered, rather dazedly.

"I wasn't prepared--I didn't expect--good heavens, one DOESN'T expect a goddess for a landlady! Why, if she were clothed in a gown of sea-purple, with a rope of amethysts in her hair, she would be a veritable sea-queen.

And she takes in boarders!" "Even goddesses must live," said Anne.