Episode

Day 418

Day 418 in Seahaven Springs, under cloudy skies. Dr. Cornelius Pratt has been discharged from Seahaven General and is right as rain. Dot Ferris is stepping out with Dr. Cornelius Pratt. Gus Tidewater is stepping out with Marla Finch. Nothing bad ever happens here — but something is always going on. The Sandcastle Regatta Approaches reaches its conclusion. Goodnight, Truman. In case we don't see you: good afternoon, good evening, and goodnight.

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What was announced

00:00Dr. Cornelius Pratt has been discharged from Seahaven General and is right as rain.

00:00Bunting has gone up across Founders Park. The fair is on, and the committee is being very firm about the bunting.

02:00The sun breaks through over Seahaven Springs, precisely on cue.

06:54Dot Ferris and Dr. Cornelius Pratt have stopped leaving their friendship to chance.

07:00Fog has come in off the bay and stopped, very precisely, at the edge of town.

09:00A heron has taken up position at Miller's Pond and is refusing to be hurried.

10:00The orchard is loud with bees. Nobody has been stung in living memory.

13:52Final preparations come together suspiciously well.

14:00Truman Beaumont is in a staring contest with a gull on the dock. The gull is winning.

15:00Nothing whatsoever is happening in Seahaven Springs. Norma Quist appears to be enjoying it.

15:44Fern Gorse and Flo Tidewater have cleared the air over a quiet chat.

16:00A kite is stuck in the big park tree. A committee is forming.

17:00A hedge has been trimmed one inch past a boundary. Diplomacy is under way.

18:00Friday evening has begun at The Anchor. Rex is polishing the good glasses.

19:00An unclaimed umbrella has been standing by the café door for three days.

19:00The same passer-by has now walked past Truman Beaumont three times on the same route.

19:18Fern Gorse and Flo Tidewater postponed the matter, but neither has forgotten it.

19:29Gus Tidewater has thanked every chair in The Anchor for its service.

20:00The traveling garden gnome has been spotted on a new porch. Nobody admits to moving it.

20:30Bev Tanner is telling the same story again, now with improved weather.

20:40Truman Beaumont is conducting an imaginary orchestra near the dartboard.

20:41Rex Callahan has declared this the finest town in the world. Twice.

21:03Dr. Cornelius Pratt has proposed a toast to the concept of Thursdays.

22:00Commotion at The Anchor! Gus Tidewater and Truman Beaumont came to (very gentle) blows over a heated debate over the last pickled egg.

What was said

06:34Dot Ferris, Dr. Cornelius Pratt · Dot's House
I knew the day would improve if I ran into you.

07:31Bev Tanner, Gus Tidewater · Sunrise Café
Gus! Bit grey today.

07:34Milo Ferris, Lark Ferris · Dot's House
Lark! Just the person I wanted to see.

07:47Hal Brody, Norma Quist, Dr. Cornelius Pratt · Sunrise Café
Nobody leave until we agree which version is most plausible.★

07:53Gus Tidewater, Marla Finch · Sunrise Café
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.

08:03Bev Tanner, Truman Beaumont, Dot Ferris · Sunrise Café
Nobody leave until we agree which version is most plausible.★

10:02June Ellery, Sal Marino · Sunrise Café
Good, you are here. This saves me issuing a notice.

10:24Dot Ferris, June Ellery, Gus Tidewater, Sal Marino, Dr. Cornelius Pratt · Sunrise Café
Nobody leave until we agree which version is most plausible.★

11:04Rex Callahan, Sal Marino · Sunrise Café
I will keep this brief, for both our sakes.

11:38Elaine Whitlow, Lark Ferris · Founders Park
Hello, Lark.

12:00Rex Callahan, Norma Quist · Norma's Grocery
Morning, Norma. Just the usual today.

12:33Marla Finch, Bev Tanner · Sunrise Café
Good to see you, Bev. I'll bring that right over.