When we are married you must take me in hand and teach me your creed of charity . I 'm afraid I 've lived a rather selfish life . You will change all that , dear . You will make a good man of me . '' `` You are that now , Esterbrook , '' she said softly . `` If you were not , I could not love you . '' `` It is a negative sort of goodness , I fear . I have never been tried or tempted severely . Perhaps I should fail under the test . '' `` I am sure you would not , '' answered Marian proudly . Esterbrook laughed ; her faith in him was pleasant . He had no thought but that he would prove worthy of it . The Cove , so-called , was a little fishing hamlet situated on the low , sandy shore of a small bay . The houses , clustered in one spot , seemed like nothing so much as larger shells washed up by the sea , so grey and bleached were they from long exposure to sea winds and spray . Dozens of ragged children were playing about them , mingled with several disreputable yellow curs that yapped noisily at the strangers . Down on the sandy strip of beach below the houses groups of men were lounging about . The mackerel , season had not yet set in ; the spring herring netting was past . It was holiday time among the sea folks . They were enjoying it to the full , a happy , ragged colony , careless of what the morrows might bring forth . Out beyond , the boats were at anchor , floating as gracefully on the twinkling water as sea birds , their tall masts bowing landward on the swell .
A lazy , dreamful calm had fallen over the distant seas ; the horizon blues were pale and dim ; faint purple hazes blurred the outlines of far-off headlands and cliffs ; the yellow sands sparkled XXXXX the sunshine as if powdered with jewels .
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