All about me the Red Weed clambered among the ruins, writhing to get above me in the dim. Night, the Mother of Fear and Mystery, was coming upon me.

With a backward look Small said, “What a lovely lily!” “Well enough but strong-smelling, gaudy. Come see the everlastings.”

I let fall the tiller, turned my back on them, and sat down on the foremost thwart.

The movie was named “Bull Durham,” with Tim Robbins as the speedballer who was all over the place.