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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading A large shawl spread between two walking-sticks stuck upright gave, at this afternoon hour, all the shade needful for two persons lying side by side, and, even in the blaze of unclouded summer, there were pleasant airs flitting about the edge of the laughing sea.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A large shawl spread between two walking-sticks stuck upright gave, at this afternoon hour, all the shade needful for two persons lying side by side, and, even in the blaze of unclouded summer, there were pleasant airs flitting about the edge of the laughing sea.
airs
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From this reading A large shawl spread between two walking-sticks stuck upright gave, at this afternoon hour, all the shade needful for two persons lying side by side, and, even in the blaze of unclouded summer, there were pleasant airs flitting about the edge of the laughing sea.
all
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From this reading A large shawl spread between two walking-sticks stuck upright gave, at this afternoon hour, all the shade needful for two persons lying side by side, and, even in the blaze of unclouded summer, there were pleasant airs flitting about the edge of the laughing sea.
always
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From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
arm
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From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A large shawl spread between two walking-sticks stuck upright gave, at this afternoon hour, all the shade needful for two persons lying side by side, and, even in the blaze of unclouded summer, there were pleasant airs flitting about the edge of the laughing sea.
back
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From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
beach
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From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading A large shawl spread between two walking-sticks stuck upright gave, at this afternoon hour, all the shade needful for two persons lying side by side, and, even in the blaze of unclouded summer, there were pleasant airs flitting about the edge of the laughing sea.
blaze
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From this reading A large shawl spread between two walking-sticks stuck upright gave, at this afternoon hour, all the shade needful for two persons lying side by side, and, even in the blaze of unclouded summer, there were pleasant airs flitting about the edge of the laughing sea.
breakers
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From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading There was small disturbance by people passing, here some two miles up the shore eastward from Hastings.
disturbance
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From this reading There was small disturbance by people passing, here some two miles up the shore eastward from Hastings.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
eastward
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From this reading There was small disturbance by people passing, here some two miles up the shore eastward from Hastings.
edge
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From this reading A large shawl spread between two walking-sticks stuck upright gave, at this afternoon hour, all the shade needful for two persons lying side by side, and, even in the blaze of unclouded summer, there were pleasant airs flitting about the edge of the laughing sea.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A large shawl spread between two walking-sticks stuck upright gave, at this afternoon hour, all the shade needful for two persons lying side by side, and, even in the blaze of unclouded summer, there were pleasant airs flitting about the edge of the laughing sea.
exertion
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From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
extra
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From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
fireside
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From this reading It might be--sunshine or fireside--if men were wise.
flitting
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From this reading A large shawl spread between two walking-sticks stuck upright gave, at this afternoon hour, all the shade needful for two persons lying side by side, and, even in the blaze of unclouded summer, there were pleasant airs flitting about the edge of the laughing sea.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A large shawl spread between two walking-sticks stuck upright gave, at this afternoon hour, all the shade needful for two persons lying side by side, and, even in the blaze of unclouded summer, there were pleasant airs flitting about the edge of the laughing sea.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There was small disturbance by people passing, here some two miles up the shore eastward from Hastings.
further
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From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
gave
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From this reading A large shawl spread between two walking-sticks stuck upright gave, at this afternoon hour, all the shade needful for two persons lying side by side, and, even in the blaze of unclouded summer, there were pleasant airs flitting about the edge of the laughing sea.
Hastings
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From this reading There was small disturbance by people passing, here some two miles up the shore eastward from Hastings.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was small disturbance by people passing, here some two miles up the shore eastward from Hastings.
hour
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From this reading A large shawl spread between two walking-sticks stuck upright gave, at this afternoon hour, all the shade needful for two persons lying side by side, and, even in the blaze of unclouded summer, there were pleasant airs flitting about the edge of the laughing sea.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It might be--sunshine or fireside--if men were wise.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A large shawl spread between two walking-sticks stuck upright gave, at this afternoon hour, all the shade needful for two persons lying side by side, and, even in the blaze of unclouded summer, there were pleasant airs flitting about the edge of the laughing sea.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It might be--sunshine or fireside--if men were wise.
large
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From this reading A large shawl spread between two walking-sticks stuck upright gave, at this afternoon hour, all the shade needful for two persons lying side by side, and, even in the blaze of unclouded summer, there were pleasant airs flitting about the edge of the laughing sea.
laughing
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From this reading A large shawl spread between two walking-sticks stuck upright gave, at this afternoon hour, all the shade needful for two persons lying side by side, and, even in the blaze of unclouded summer, there were pleasant airs flitting about the edge of the laughing sea.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
like
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From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
lying
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From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
men
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From this reading It might be--sunshine or fireside--if men were wise.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading It might be--sunshine or fireside--if men were wise.
miles
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From this reading There was small disturbance by people passing, here some two miles up the shore eastward from Hastings.
MISSING
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From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
moment
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From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
needed
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From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
needful
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From this reading A large shawl spread between two walking-sticks stuck upright gave, at this afternoon hour, all the shade needful for two persons lying side by side, and, even in the blaze of unclouded summer, there were pleasant airs flitting about the edge of the laughing sea.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading It might be--sunshine or fireside--if men were wise.
passing
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From this reading There was small disturbance by people passing, here some two miles up the shore eastward from Hastings.
pebbles
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From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
people
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From this reading There was small disturbance by people passing, here some two miles up the shore eastward from Hastings.
persons
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From this reading A large shawl spread between two walking-sticks stuck upright gave, at this afternoon hour, all the shade needful for two persons lying side by side, and, even in the blaze of unclouded summer, there were pleasant airs flitting about the edge of the laughing sea.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A large shawl spread between two walking-sticks stuck upright gave, at this afternoon hour, all the shade needful for two persons lying side by side, and, even in the blaze of unclouded summer, there were pleasant airs flitting about the edge of the laughing sea.
reach
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From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
said
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From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
sea
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From this reading A large shawl spread between two walking-sticks stuck upright gave, at this afternoon hour, all the shade needful for two persons lying side by side, and, even in the blaze of unclouded summer, there were pleasant airs flitting about the edge of the laughing sea.
shade
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From this reading A large shawl spread between two walking-sticks stuck upright gave, at this afternoon hour, all the shade needful for two persons lying side by side, and, even in the blaze of unclouded summer, there were pleasant airs flitting about the edge of the laughing sea.
shawl
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From this reading A large shawl spread between two walking-sticks stuck upright gave, at this afternoon hour, all the shade needful for two persons lying side by side, and, even in the blaze of unclouded summer, there were pleasant airs flitting about the edge of the laughing sea.
shore
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From this reading There was small disturbance by people passing, here some two miles up the shore eastward from Hastings.
shouldn't
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From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
side
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From this reading A large shawl spread between two walking-sticks stuck upright gave, at this afternoon hour, all the shade needful for two persons lying side by side, and, even in the blaze of unclouded summer, there were pleasant airs flitting about the edge of the laughing sea.
small
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From this reading There was small disturbance by people passing, here some two miles up the shore eastward from Hastings.
some
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From this reading There was small disturbance by people passing, here some two miles up the shore eastward from Hastings.
spread
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From this reading A large shawl spread between two walking-sticks stuck upright gave, at this afternoon hour, all the shade needful for two persons lying side by side, and, even in the blaze of unclouded summer, there were pleasant airs flitting about the edge of the laughing sea.
stuck
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From this reading A large shawl spread between two walking-sticks stuck upright gave, at this afternoon hour, all the shade needful for two persons lying side by side, and, even in the blaze of unclouded summer, there were pleasant airs flitting about the edge of the laughing sea.
summer
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From this reading A large shawl spread between two walking-sticks stuck upright gave, at this afternoon hour, all the shade needful for two persons lying side by side, and, even in the blaze of unclouded summer, there were pleasant airs flitting about the edge of the laughing sea.
sunshine
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From this reading It might be--sunshine or fireside--if men were wise.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
There
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From this reading There was small disturbance by people passing, here some two miles up the shore eastward from Hastings.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
throwing
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From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
two
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From this reading There was small disturbance by people passing, here some two miles up the shore eastward from Hastings.
unclouded
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From this reading A large shawl spread between two walking-sticks stuck upright gave, at this afternoon hour, all the shade needful for two persons lying side by side, and, even in the blaze of unclouded summer, there were pleasant airs flitting about the edge of the laughing sea.
up
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From this reading There was small disturbance by people passing, here some two miles up the shore eastward from Hastings.
upper
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From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
upright
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From this reading A large shawl spread between two walking-sticks stuck upright gave, at this afternoon hour, all the shade needful for two persons lying side by side, and, even in the blaze of unclouded summer, there were pleasant airs flitting about the edge of the laughing sea.
walking-sticks
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From this reading A large shawl spread between two walking-sticks stuck upright gave, at this afternoon hour, all the shade needful for two persons lying side by side, and, even in the blaze of unclouded summer, there were pleasant airs flitting about the edge of the laughing sea.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was small disturbance by people passing, here some two miles up the shore eastward from Hastings.
Waymark
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From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading A large shawl spread between two walking-sticks stuck upright gave, at this afternoon hour, all the shade needful for two persons lying side by side, and, even in the blaze of unclouded summer, there were pleasant airs flitting about the edge of the laughing sea.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
Why
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From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
wise
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From this reading It might be--sunshine or fireside--if men were wise.
YEARS
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From this reading THE MISSING YEARS "Why shouldn't life be always like this?" said Waymark, lying on the upper beach and throwing pebbles into the breakers, which each moment drew a little further back and needed a little extra exertion of the arm to reach them.
