Joyce Carol Oates Quote
Burnaby bobbed to the surface of the water after a few minutes, seemingly unscathed as journalists would report. A universal cheer went up as the daredevil with the shaved, painted head swam toward the base of Luna Island; would-be rescuers reached out for him even as, when Burnaby was less than ten feet from shore, a powerful undertow sucked him down into the swift, green-tinged water. Eyewitnesses would claim that, as he was sucked down, Burnaby cried, Darling, goodbye! Kiss the baby for me! to his young wife who watched helplessly, their eight-month infant in her arms, from a platform on Goat Island. That infant would one day be Dirk Burnaby’s father. The
Joyce Carol Oates
Burnaby bobbed to the surface of the water after a few minutes, seemingly unscathed as journalists would report. A universal cheer went up as the daredevil with the shaved, painted head swam toward the base of Luna Island; would-be rescuers reached out for him even as, when Burnaby was less than ten feet from shore, a powerful undertow sucked him down into the swift, green-tinged water. Eyewitnesses would claim that, as he was sucked down, Burnaby cried, Darling, goodbye! Kiss the baby for me! to his young wife who watched helplessly, their eight-month infant in her arms, from a platform on Goat Island. That infant would one day be Dirk Burnaby’s father. The
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