CHAPTER 105 - REST UNDER OBSERVATION ---- CAPÍTULO 105 - DESCANSO VIGILADO -
'There it is again,' he said. 'What is?' asked Archie. 'Gibraltar,' said Gorka. 'We've had it in front of us ever since we spotted it from the aeroplane. There's no getting away from it.' 'It's simply impossible to lose sight of,' said Aunt Charlotte, slipping off her sandals. 'It's been sitting there a good few million years — and long may it stay.' They settled themselves on the sand with the considerable deployment such an expedition demands: the towels, the parasol, Rowena's bag containing provisions enough to withstand a siege. Little Charlotte Hopkins took possession of her own plot of sand and set about a work of engineering of almost pharaonic ambition. The three eldest — Archie, John P. and Julian — went straight into the water. Charlotte Iñurrategui followed them, having no intention of being left behind. The water in the bay was cold and still, with barely a ripple, that millpond calm the Rinconcillo...



