It means that to insure safety upon students and faculty in the building, you must sign in with the front desk which is usually in the main office, drugs are not tolerated and weapons are not allowed. No one that either has an appointment or is a student or faculty member may enter the meeting or it would be seen as trespassing..
Liz's skirt was green silk. Her waist was a large brown-and-pink plaid, well-fitting and not without style. She wore a cluster ring of huge imitation rubies, and a locket that banged her knees at the bottom of a silver chain. Her shoes were run down over twisted high heels, and were strangers to polish. Her hat would scarcely have passed into a flour barrel.
The "Family Entrance" of the Blue Jay Café received her. At a table she sat, and punched the button with the air of milady ringing for her carriage. The waiter came with his large-chinned, low-voiced manner of respectful familiarity. Liz smoothed her silken skirt with a satisfied wriggle. She made the most of it.
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<span>The correct answer is the sea, or more precisely the ocean. It is a sea novel about a sea captain who believes that his son is being chased by a colomber, that is, a shark that wants to kill its marked enemy, and will restlesly follow it until it catches it. Something like the alligator in Peter Pan who keeps following captain Hook.</span>
