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A new excitement is added to seabathing by the ladies, who face the waves in all the bravery of Parisian hats. To return unsullied from the encounter is a proof of the highest skill. Is it not better to preserve a deftly-poised hat from the mere contact of the waves than to be a tireless and intrepid swimmer? Newport, in fact, has been haunted by a sort of ill-luck.
There was seabathing every day and automobile trips and all sorts of beach fun and frolic. The time was drawing near for them to go back to Berwick and settle down again to the routine of home life. Among the last of the season's gaieties there was to be a children's dance in the big ball-room.
Seabathing, expeditions across the frontier, and sport passed three weeks. "I have not for a long time found myself in such comfortable conditions, and yet the evil habit of work has rooted itself so deeply in my nature, that I feel some disquiet of conscience at my laziness. I almost long for the Wilhelmstrasse, at least if my dear ones were there."
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