When she opened them again, something broke the horizon—a dark head, then a set of shoulders pushing out of the water. For a second her heart jumped, but she calmed herself with a quick guess.
Probably a Husky, she thought. The thick fur, the erect ears, even the way the animal shook water from its coat reminded her of a sled dog she had once seen at a winter festival. Huskies liked to roam, and vacationers sometimes let their pets run loose near the shore.