Best of all , it was involuntary , born of no external effort or motive , but simply the outflashing of some wild , delicious thought that was as untrammelled and freakish as the wind of the sea . Miss Trevor made up her mind that she must find out all about him , and she stepped out from the shadows of the rocks into the vivid , eerie light that was glowing all along the shore . The boy turned his head and looked at her , first with surprise , then with inquiry , then with admiration . Miss Trevor , in a white dress with a lace scarf on her dark , stately head , was well worth admiring . She smiled at him and Paul smiled back . It was not quite up to his first smile , having more of the effect of being put on from the outside , but at least it conveyed the subtly flattering impression that it had been put on solely for her , and they were as good friends from that moment as if they had known each other for a hundred years . Miss Trevor had enough discrimination to realize this and know that she need not waste time in becoming acquainted . `` I want to know your name and where you live and what you were looking at beyond the sunset , '' she said . `` My name is Paul Hubert . I live over there . And I ca n't tell just what I saw in the sunset , but when I go home I 'm going to write it all in my foolscap book . '' In her surprise over the second clause of his answer , Miss Trevor forgot , at first , to appreciate the last . `` Over there , '' according to his gesture , was up at the head of Noel 's Cove , where there was a little grey house perched on the rocks and looking like a large seashell cast up by the tide . The house had a stovepipe coming out of its roof in lieu of a chimney , and two of its window panes were replaced by shingles . Could this boy , who looked as young princes should -- and seldom do -- live there ? Then he was a shore boy after all . `` Who lives there with you ? '' she asked . `` You see '' -- plaintively -- `` I must ask questions about you . I know we like each other , and that is all that really matters .
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