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Anna walks down to the dock as the light goes low over the water . She boards the Santa Rosa and goes to the stern bench . The bench is empty , as she expected . But Leo has already coiled the stern rope beside it — not on it , not in her way , just beside it . She says nothing about it . From the bridge , the captain says one word : " Haze . " The horizon has gone soft . The sea is there , but the far edge of it is lost in grey . The Santa Rosa moves into the haze and the island disappears behind them . An old fisherman stands at the far rail , watching the water . After a while , Anna says : " One of my students asked me why boats float . " Leo pulls the rope through his hands . " My father could answer that better than I can , " he says . The gulls call somewhere in the haze . He hits the machine once , twice . He comes back carrying two cups — two this time . He puts one on the bench beside her and holds the other himself . They sit together with the cups , not quite with the conversation . The silence between them has changed since last Friday . It is the first time it has been easy . Anna asks about the boatyard . Leo asks about the school . The sea moves slowly under the haze , and forty minutes of water pass around them . The dock comes into view . She begins : " I — " The horn sounds at six .
