Summary

Lloyd paints by the cliffs. A shadow falls over his painting, and Lloyd irritably realizes it is James, who has come to bring him some tea and food. James joins Lloyd for tea and tells him that his great-grandmother, Bean Uí Fhloinn, believes the sea level is rising. Then he asks Lloyd why he sometimes scribbles through his drawings, and Lloyd says it is because they are not good enough. James asks when Lloyd will paint him again, and Lloyd says he will do that once he has finished painting the cliffs.

Lloyd joins the islanders at the pier for the arrival of the boat even though he has nothing to claim. He sketches Mairéad and then himself sketching Mairéad. A man, Jean-Pierre Masson, disembarks from the boat and is greeted excitedly by the islanders. He recognizes Lloyd as an Englishman...