"<p>The ten-year-old defied all odds on the rocks of Portland. With the gale that took the ship away, with the deep that deprived him of escape, with the gaping void that made him retreat, with the earth that denied him his shelter, with the sky that hid its stars from him, with the relentless loneliness, the dark darkness, the sea , heaven, infinity with all its violence and mystery.</p>"