The Light Between Oceans Page #5

You're safe now.

Tom?

Where are you going?

To send a signal.

It can't just be a coincidence

that she showed up so soon after...

Careful now.

She's a lovely baby,

but she doesn't belong to us.

We can't keep her.

Why not?

Who's to know she's here?

When Ralph and Bluey get here

in a few weeks, they'll know for a start.

No one will know she's not ours.

They all think I'm expecting.

They'll just be surprised

that she arrived early.

What about the dead man

in the boat?

Don't tell anyone about him.

We've done nothing wrong

except give shelter to a helpless baby.

We can give the man a decent burial.

It isn't even up to me.

I have to report it.

It's my duty, it's why I'm here.

I know, I know.

I know. Listen, listen, listen.

I know.

I know how much the rules mean to you.

What are they for?

They're to save lives.

That's all I'm saying.

Save this life.

She's here

and she needs us.

We can help her.

We're not doing anything wrong.

That's just it.

We don't need to do anything wrong.

If we report it now,

we can apply to adopt her.

She can be ours.

- Adopt her? No.

- Yes.

They'll never send

a baby to a lighthouse

in the middle of nowhere.

No doctor, no school, no church.

They'll never give her to us.

They'll ship her to

some dreadful orphanage.

Please don't do that to her.

Please.

I know...

You're going to be a wonderful father.

We can save her.

She's here.

She's here.

Our baby.

Baby.

Hey!

Congratulations, son.

Just marvelous! Just marvelous.

Thanks, Ralph.

- Well, Well, Well!

- Well done.

Thanks, Bluey.

- Good on you both.

- Can't you just tell?

Nothing makes a girl bloom

like having a little one.

Oh, what a lovely thing.

That's Lucy.

YOU...

were the talk of every woman

in Partageuse.

Having your baby way out here,

on your own.

I hope Tom wasn't too useless.

I couldn't ask

for a better husband.

She's a real pretty little thing.

She's got Tom's nose though, eh?

I don't know if Tom's nose

is what you want a baby girl to have.

Well, Mr. Sherbourne,

I'll need your signature on some papers.

Right-o.

To the office, Captain.

Hey!

Ralph, um,

can you hang on a tick?

I must write thank you's to my parents.

What do you want?

They'll love to hear from you

since they won't see you till next year.

You're a lucky one, aren't you?

Look at this.

Hey! Getting a fancy rattle.

Fit for an angel. Yeah?

Hey.

Come, come!

"One night, as they journeyed on

"following the path of the light

"that stretched out before them,

"there came a sudden cry

"out of the darkness.

"The three wise men stopped

"but for a moment only.

"'It was the cry of a child, '

"they said, one to another.

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