LETTERS
The post from the last week of the gazette's summer: a second letter from the upper bend on the shape of the lights, a short confirmation from Mabel of the north bank, and a long one from a reader these columns have met before.
FROM THE POND
A short Friday evening on the south bank. The older drakes decide the evenings have begun to shorten, and the pond, heron at the pier and coot with the pebble, agrees in its own quiet way.
FROM THE POND
The long-resident frog of the southern waters is back from his travels to the upper bend. He has taken up his old station and, asked about the lights, gives three sentences and no more.
DISPATCHES
The Reed-Bed Subcommittee's last full session of the gazette's summer ran short and settled nothing. An autumn programme was approved in principle, the lights stayed unexplained, and the dissenter dissented.
FROM THE POND
Tuesday evening at the lower sluice gate. The Deputy of the Warden of the Sluice at her settled work, writing, the wall marking behind her, and the Warden still not in sight.
LETTERS
The week's post: a first letter from the upper bend on the lights, a short note from the Junior Member, and one unsigned line the editor lets stand on its own.
FROM THE POND
A short Sunday on the south bank. The older drakes confer inaudibly, and your correspondent, having decided there is nothing this morning to add, keeps her distance.