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 THE RED RUGS OF TARSUS

we had never talked about theology, and then the conversation languished after a few sen- tences.

Just after lunch two Turkish transports ap- peared off Mersina. They came inside the line of warships, and began to disembark troops in the barges that went out immediately to greet them. From the windows of the Dodds' liv- ing-room we could see the barges returning laden with soldiers. My eyes would not shut tight enough to dim the flash of the sunshine on the waves and on the blood-red f ezzes. Herbert declared that he must go down to the scala to see them land. I did not want to prevent him, for I felt just as he did. Why could n't I go too? It didn't seem to be "just the thing for one in my condition," but you know, Mother, that I can't live without exercise, and I have been impressing now for nearly a year upon Herbert two things : that I need out-of-doors as much as a fish needs water; and that I can go anywhere and do anything he does. I shall [159]

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