glory-flooded

Updated: January 13, 2026

Charity lay gazing up at it, and watching for the first white star.... Her eyes were still fixed on the upper reaches of the sky when she became aware that a shadow had flitted across the glory-flooded room: it must have been Harney passing the window against the sunset.... She half raised herself, and then dropped back on her folded arms.

Edith Wharton - Summer