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By an untoward chance it fell in Commemoration week, and Robert found the familiar streets teeming with life and noise, under a showery, uncertain sky, which every now and then would send the bevies of lightly gowned maidens, with their mothers, and their attendant squires, skurrying for shelter, and leave the roofs and pavements glistening. He walked up to St.
Emerging from the compact, grimy life of its street, we saw that the shower had swept by, or probably had expended itself in a region beneath us, for we were above the scope of many of the showery clouds that haunt a hill-country. There was a very bright star visible, I remember, and we saw the new moon, now a third towards the full, for the first time this evening. The air was cold and bracing.
The high downs which invited them from almost every window of the cottage to seek the exquisite enjoyment of air on their summits, were a happy alternative when the dirt of the valleys beneath shut up their superior beauties; and towards one of these hills did Marianne and Margaret one memorable morning direct their steps, attracted by the partial sunshine of a showery sky, and unable longer to bear the confinement which the settled rain of the two preceding days had occasioned.
The Indian had his rifle, but thought, "I can kill him, yet I can't stop to skin him or use his meat," so left him in peace. This is really a remarkable incident, almost unique. I am glad to believe that I had something to do with causing such unusual forbearance. All night it rained; in the morning it was dull, foggy, and showery.
The day had become showery, but J and I strolled about a little before nightfall, and saw the general characteristics of the place. Lyons is a city of very stately aspect, hardly inferior to Paris; for it has regular streets of lofty houses, and immense squares planted with trees, and adorned with statues and fountains.
The greater part of the day was very cold and showery, and I remained quietly on board, reading some old English papers. Wylie was as happy as he could be.
The night was raw and showery, and there was not houseroom in Beausejour for a tenth part of the homeless Acadians. By dawn Pierre was astir. He rose from his cramped position under a manger, stretched himself, shook the chaff and dust from his thick black hair, and stepped out into the chilly morning.
So he bundled together a couple of copies and sent them South with a short letter; and therefore it came about in due season, through the good offices of the United States Post-office Department, that these enclosures reached the judge on a showery afternoon as he loafed upon his wide front porch, waiting for his supper. First, he read Malley's letter and was glad to hear from Malley.
Monday, 20th. We reached Karachi yesterday morning after a quiet, calm, and utterly uneventful passage across the Indian Ocean. It was never hot merely calm, grey, and even showery, our only excitements being an occasional school of porpoises or the sight of a passing tramp steamer.
The forenoon had been showery; but the suit now came out very pleasantly, although there were still clouds and mist enough to give infinite variety to the mountain scenery. At the commencement of our voyage the scenery of the lake was not incomparably superior to that of other lakes on which I have sailed, as Lake Windermere, for instance, or Loch Lomond, or our own Lake Champlain.
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