The people walked in little groups toward the beachThey talked and laughed, some of them sangThere was a band playing down at Klein's hotel, and the strains reached them , tempered by the distance. There were strange, a tangle of the sea smell and weeds and damp, new-plowed earth, mingled with the heavy pertume of a field of while blossoms somewhere near But the night sat lightly upon the sea and the landThere was no weight were no shadows. The white light of the moon had upon the world like the mystery and the of sleep Why did the author most likely use the underlined phrase? A to indicate the sea was well by the nearby town to portray a sense of calm and safety in the nighttime to say that the sky seemed to hover right above the sea and land warn about danger
The author most likely used the underlined phrase "The night sat lightly upon the sea and the land" to portray a sense of calm and safety in the nighttime.
