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The vapor descended and spread and covered sea and land. Then the sun set; and it was darkness visible. Coming from the south, the sea-fret caught Hazel sooner and in a less favorable situation. Returning from the palm-tree, he had taken the shortest cut through a small jungle, and been so impeded by the scrub, that, when he got clear, the fog was upon him.
The air was oppressed with a leaden blackness no glimmer of light on any hand; and as they began the ascent of the Pass they reached out blind hands to feel along the rock-face. A sea-fret, cool and wetting, fell. A few big rain-drops splashed heavily down. The wind rose with a leap and roared past them up the rocky track. And the water-gates of heaven were flung wide.
A slight sea-fret came on and obscured the sea in part; but they had a good lantern and compass, and steered the course exactly all night, according to Wylie's orders, changing the helmsman every four hours. Mr. Hazel, without a word, put a rug round Miss Rolleston's shoulders, and another round her feet. "Oh, not both, sir, please," said she. "Am I to be disobeyed by everybody?" said he.
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