I saw something--once.

But that time I wanted to see how the stars looked in the water." Ian looked at the water, that lay like a round mirror, and then to the vast shell of the sky above.

He, too, had love of beauty--a more sensuous love than Alexander's, but love.

This shared perception made one of the bonds between them.
"It was as still--much stiller than it is to-day! The air was clear and the night dark and grand.

I looked down, and there was the Northern Crown, clasp and all." Ian in imagination saw it, too.