the June midnight
Out at once they all set along the shore to greet her arrival , each running regardless of the rest , so that from the Seaton to the middle of the Boar 's Tail there was a long , straggling broken string of hurrying fisher folk , men and women , old and young , followed by all the current children , tapering to one or two toddlers , who felt themselves neglected and wept their way along . The piper , too asthmatic to run , but not too asthmatic to walk and play his bagpipes , delighting the heart of Malcolm , who could not mistake the style , believed he brought up the rear , but was wrong ; for the very last came Mrs Findlay and Lizzy , carrying between them their little deal kitchen table , for her ladyship to step out of the boat upon , and Lizzy 's child fast asleep on the top of it . The foremost ran and ran until they saw that the Psyche had chosen her couch , and was turning her head to the shore , when they stopped and stood ready with greased planks and ropes to draw her up . In a few moments the whole population was gathered , darkening , in the June midnight , the yellow sands between the tide and dune . The Psyche was well manned now with a crew of six . On she came under full sail till within a few yards of the beach , when , in one and the same moment , every sheet was let go , and she swept softly up like a summer wave , and lay still on the shore . The butterfly was asleep .