HARBOR FIELD NOTES
Chapter 1: The Signal Lamp
At dusk, the keeper carried a brass lamp   Once the lamp was lit, she watched from
up the tower steps. She set it on a shelf   the landing and timed the flashes. One
12 meters above the water.* From there,   flash came every 8 seconds, the signal
its beam could reach the harbor entrance.   that guided boats through the channel.
* Print layout note: check the column spacing at this line.
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