The roaring wind that swept the tableland drove clouds that never broke across the dazzling sky, and where there were belts of plowed land the harrows clanked across the furrows amidst a haze of blowing dust.

The ducks and geese had gone, and red lilies began to sway above the rolling waves of grass.

Farmer and hired man worked with tense activity, but Charnock's efforts were spasmodic and often slack.
In the meantime, trade was brisk at the settlement, and Keller found his business made demands on him that he could hardly meet.

It was rapidly growing, and his strength got less.

Indeed, he would have sold out but for Sadie.