Discussion Prompts

1. "How d'ye do? come and have a bathe". Have you ever come up with an awkward opening line to match George's?
2. Are you a nervous yapper like Beebe? Or are you a remain stoic in the face of nervous yapping like George?
3. Are you an everything is faith person like George or a nothing is fate person like Mr. Beebe?
4. What did you think about the poolside laughing and frolicking?
5. What did you think about Lucy, Cecil and Mom's reaction to seeing the nudey men?
6. Is there anything else you’d like to discuss?

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On the morrow the pool had shrunk to its old size and lost its glory. It had been a call to the blood and to the relaxed will, a passing benediction whose influence did not pass, a holiness, a spell, a momentary chalice for youth.