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Day 4580

Day 4580 in Seahaven Springs, under sunny skies. Dell Tanner is in a staring contest with a gull on the dock. The gull is winning. Fog has come in off the bay and stopped, very precisely, at the edge of town. Bev Tanner has come down with a bout of something going round the orchard and is being kept in for observation. Nothing bad ever happens here — but something is always going on. A Visitor Is Expected 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

07:00Clouds drift in over the bay. The fishermen pretend not to enjoy it.
09:00Fog has come in off the bay and stopped, very precisely, at the edge of town.
09:20One small Seahaven question is settled, and Wilf Tanner is already eyeing another.
10:43The town waits. The road stays exactly as empty as it has always been.
11:00Dell Tanner is in a staring contest with a gull on the dock. The gull is winning.
12:00The community orchard is in blossom and briefly the best place in town.
13:44There were not enough plates at Ned Ferris's, and nobody minded.
14:19Flo Ferris is not brilliant at keeping a notebook about the pond, and is no longer pretending to be. It stuck anyway.
14:31Cass Tanner and Lark Ferris kept their word and finished what they started.
15:00Dell Tanner fumbled Truman Beaumont's name and recovered it smoothly. Nobody breathed.
16:00The sun breaks through over Seahaven Springs, precisely on cue.
17:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
18:00The puddle outside the Sunrise Café has returned to its usual dimensions.
18:33Lark Ferris and Gil Ferris no longer need a reason to call round.
18:55Wren Gorse and Perry Gorse no longer need a reason to call round.
19:00There is one more chair at The Anchor than there was yesterday. Rex has not mentioned it.
19:00Bev Tanner has come down with a bout of something going round the orchard and is being kept in for observation.
22:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
22:02Perry Gorse offered to buy the room a drink, then checked a pocket.
22:09Abel Callahan is conducting an imaginary orchestra near the dartboard.
22:10Hattie Whitlow has begun issuing compliments in alphabetical order.
22:11Bram Tidewater has ordered one for the road and then forgotten which road.
22:18Opal Ferris has sworn undying friendship to somebody met twenty minutes ago.
22:19Ned Ferris has explained the tides three times, differently each time.
22:21The Anchor's piano is being played by Wilf Tanner, who cannot play piano.

What was said

06:34Dot Ferris, Kip Doyle · Kip's House
I knew the day would improve if I ran into you.
07:27Elaine Whitlow, Ned Ferris, Perry Gorse, Milo Ferris, Dot Ferris · Sunrise Café
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.★
08:12Dot Ferris, Ned Ferris, Marla Finch, Gil Ferris, Perry Gorse · Sunrise Café
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.★
08:14Bev Tanner, Cass Tanner · Bev's House
Morning, Cass. Everything feels possible at this hour.
08:49Bram Tidewater, Hattie Whitlow · Founders Park
Hattie. I was not doing anything.
08:52Wilf Tanner, Dell Tanner · Seahaven Mutual
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
08:53Hal Brody, Ned Ferris · Sunrise Café
Well, well. The competition.
09:10Truman Beaumont, Perry Gorse · Seahaven Mutual
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
09:24Kip Doyle, Ned Ferris · The Bakery
Ned! Just the person I wanted to see.
09:52Edie Gorse, Bea Callahan · Town Hall
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.★
10:16Opal Ferris, Mabel Tidewater · Seahaven General
You have not changed since we were knee-high.
10:45Cass Tanner, Lark Ferris · East Beach
Good to see you, Lark. Everything behaving itself?