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The Loire Valley for its whole length may, in every sense, be well considered the dividing-line between northern and southern influences. The romance and sentiment which cradled itself here could only have emanated from the more languid south, and from vastly differing conditions to those of the colder north.
The violet boutonniere and the white carnation went somewhat reluctantly up the aisle together, and, after a last glance back at the stage from the doorway, found themselves in the colder air of the lobby, a little wilted.
This is a sign of colder weather. The gardener is in despair; so is the sportsman. The trout take no pleasure in biting in such weather. Paragraphs appear in the newspapers, copied from the paper of last year, saying that this is the most severe spring in thirty years. Every one, in fact, believes that it is, and also that next year the spring will be early. Man is the most gullible of creatures.
They went Indian file at first in order that Phil might make a trail through the snow, until they reached the beaten path. It was colder than they had expected to find it, and presently Mary dropped back to the rear, so that she might hold her muff up, unobserved, to shield the rose she wore.
With the change to colder temperature, there was no further danger of slides, and to avoid the avalanche that had turned Morganstein back, the prospector shaped his course more directly into the canyon. Soon he was below the clouds; between their ragged edges a few stars appeared. Beyond a buttress shone a ruddy illumination. Some firs stood against it darkly.
"I know that the air is a whole lot clearer," rejoined his chum. "And it's colder or is it rare? Doesn't it seem like mountain air, Mark?" "We've been half-stifled for so long I reckon the change to purer air is what makes it seem so peculiar," returned his friend. Yet Mark was puzzled indeed they all were more or less disturbed by the strange feeling that possessed them.
In the morning they gloated over his splendid fur and added his coat to their store of trophies. Following the Trap Line That night the moon changed. Next day came on with a strong north wind. By noon the wild ducks had left the lake. Many long strings of geese passed southeastward, honking as they flew. Colder and colder blew the strong wind, and soon the frost was showing on the smaller ponds.
He had been very tactful these last two months avoiding any reference to Cowperwood in so far as he could help in her presence. "It's colder," remarked Owen, "much colder. We'll soon see real winter now." Old John began to offer the various dishes in order; but when all had been served Aileen had not yet come. "See where Aileen is, John," observed Mrs. Butler, interestedly.
His lightly-based passion all but extinguished, instead of soothing the misfortune which the ravages of disease had brought upon her, gradually became colder and colder. In two months after his return the final blow was struck, and Herbert Hardman became the husband of the Lady Elizabeth Plympton!
Then Signora Ballatino, clothed in the costume of the Sunny South, where clothes are less essential than in these colder climes, skipped airily forward, and was most ungallantly greeted with a storm of groans and hisses. Her beloved instrument was unfeelingly alluded to as a pie-dish, and she was advised to take it back and get the penny on it.
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