Summary

In Chapter 8, Miranda and Isobel enjoyed champagne at the Fisher dock the night of the wedding, well after the newlyweds left for their honeymoon. Isobel pretended to drop her engagement ring from Clay into the water, claiming that without Miranda’s “brains,” she needed “a little action” to keep her “happy” (48). She took a flashlight from the boathouse and flashed a message to Joseph at the lighthouse. Isobel insisted Miranda row with her to meet him.

They reached the lighthouse to Joseph’s dismay in Chapter 9. He helped them over the rocks and into his family’s small beach. Isobel appeared asleep on the sand while Joseph and Miranda conversed. He told her he and Isobel had known each other since birth. He insisted she perform a small piece of Shakespeare’s Henry V she learned from...