The last rays of the sun lingered on her young face, and then lost themselves in the gloom of the arch behind. There was a silence for some minutes, during which the sun had sunk. Rosy clouds in thin flakes still floated, momently waning: and the eve-star stole forth steadfast, bright, and lonely, nay, lonely not now; that sentinel has aroused a host. Said a voice, "No sign of rain yet, Squire.
The last rays of the sun lingered on her young face, and then lost themselves in the gloom of the arch behind. There was a silence for some minutes, during which the sun had sunk. Rosy clouds in thin flakes still floated, momently waning: and the eve-star stole forth steadfast, bright, and lonely, nay, lonely not now; that sentinel has aroused a host. Said a voice, "No sign of rain yet, Squire.