I had thought that so old a house must have vanished years ago, or I should have come to see it before this." "Old houses don't vanish easily on this enchanted coast," smiled Anne.
"This is a 'land where all things always seem the same'-- nearly always, at least.

John Selwyn's house hasn't even been much changed, and outside the rose-bushes your grandfather planted for his bride are blooming this very minute." "How the thought links me with them! With your leave I must explore the whole place soon." "Our latch-string will always be out for you," promised Anne.

"And do you know that the old sea captain who keeps the Four Winds light knew John Selwyn and his bride well in his boyhood?
He told me their story the night I came here--the third bride of the old house." "Can it be possible?
This IS a discovery.

I must hunt him up." "It won't be difficult; we are all cronies of Captain Jim.

He will be as eager to see you as you could be to see him.