Sea Lady (Version 2)
Author: first_name: H. G.
last_name: Wells
Language: English
Year: 0

A mermaid contrives to have herself "rescued from drowning" and adopted by a respectable family on the English coast.  Her motive, which she conceals for quite a while, is to win the heart of a handsome but irresponsible young man whom she glimpsed when he went swimming in the Pacific.  Introduced into polite society as an invalid, she proves to be intelligent and charming, but as an immortal she regards the concerns of the English gentry with critical detachment.  The young man, who is already