Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London


And so it went, verses new and old, verses without end, all in
glorification of the succulent shellfish of Carmel. Saxon's
enjoyment was keen, almost ecstatic, and she had difficulty in
convincing herself of the reality of it all. It seemed like some
fairy tale or book story come true. Again, it seemed more like a
stage, and these the actors, she and Billy having blundered into
the scene in some incomprehensible way. Much of wit she sensed
which she did not understand. Much she did understand. And she
was aware that brains were playing as she had never seen brains
play before. The puritan streak in her training was astonished
and shocked by some of the broadness; but she refused to sit in
judgment. They SEEMED good, these light-hearted young people;
they certainly were not rough or gross as were many of the crowds
she had been with on Sunday picnics. None of the men got drunk,
although there were cocktails in vacuum bottles and red wine in a
huge demijohn.

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