Chapter 19

The whole sea is a pendulum a mighty silver pendulum it beats it glides to the dark depth of this shore. Flocks of sea swallows pass through the dark clouds they build nests beside the sea. Shells come from far away in the safe shadow of the sea they give birth to pearls. The wind sings the song of the migrant shells as far as unseen islands. Here alone: beats the heart of the sea in the breast of the sand...