Whoever that man was, he was on a mission.
Curious, I watched him head south on Wharf Street until his figure was lost in the fog.
I walked down the ramp to where Arvin and Rob were preparing to cast off.
“Morning Angie,” said Rob. “You’re out early again.”
“Who was that man?” I asked. I pointed to his skiff, gray as the morning, “The man who rowed in.”
Arvin grinned. “Guess you ain’t never seen him before. He’s a character, but he don’t bother no one. Lives out on one of the islands beyond the Three Sisters.”
“I didn’t know anyone lived out there,” I said. “Islands there are just outcroppings of ledges. No houses that I remember. No water, no electricity. Just birds.”
“Right,” said Rob. “He don’t seem to mind, though. Been out there a couple of years.”
“What’s his name?” I asked.
Arvin and Rob looked at each other. Arvin shrugged. “Don’t rightly know. Folks in town call him The Solitary.”
Books by Lea Wait
Mainely Needlepoint Mystery Series
Threads of Evidence (#2)
Thread and Gone (#3)
Shadows Antique Print Mystery Series
Shadows at the Fair (#1)
Shadows on the Coast of Maine (#2)
Shadows on the Ivy (#3)
Shadows at the Spring Show (#4)
Shadows of a Down East Summer (#5)
Shadows on a Cape Cod Wedding (#6)
Shadows on a Maine Christmas (#7)
Historical Novels for Ages 8 and Up
Seaward Born
Wintering Well
Finest Kind
Uncertain Glory
Nonfiction
Living and Writing on the Coast of Maine
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