tumbled-about

Updated: June 22, 2025

She had it all to herself on this lovely morning the fresh air and sunlight; the plunging river below; the terraced gardens on the opposite bank; over that again, the tumbled-about collection of gleaming white houses, and green casements, and red roofs, and old towers and belfries; and then, higher still, and enclosing, as it were, the picturesque little town, the great ethereal amphitheatre of pale blue mountains, with here and there a sprinkling of snow glittering sharply, as if it were quite close at hand.

William Black - The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols