Topical Guide 324
Mark Dorset
Moonlight: Effects of
Lorna had seen May walk off into the darkness. She had seen Herb watch May go. From the way he watched her go, Lorna thought she could tell what he was thinking. When, just a while later, she saw him walk off, as if he had no other object than to see what the sky looked like from outside the circle of firelight, Lorna was sure she knew what he was up to. … She acted on impulse. She walked to a group where Garth was telling an anecdote. She stood close and listened to him talk. … When Garth finished, and the laughter was done, and someone else began another story, Lorna said, “I’m going to look at the stars,” … .
They walked along in the direction opposite to the one May and Herb had taken, holding hands and talking about the luminous sea.Herb ’n’ Lorna, Chapter 11
See also:
Moonlight TG 39; Moon: Daytime Illusion of Transparency TG 79
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