carefully
locked up
for the
night, she
went out
of the
house just
at the
close of a
timely
thunder-shower,
which had
refined
the air,
and
daintily
bathed the
coat of
the land,
though all
beneath
was dry as
ever.
Freshness
was
exhaled in
an essence
from the
varied
contours
of bank
and
hollow, as
if the
earth
breathed
maiden
breath;
and the
pleased
birds were
hymning to
the scene.
Before
her, among
the
clouds,
there was
a contrast
in the
