Up came the clouds and the clouds, and they came faster and faster, until the moon was covered up.

You couldn't expect her to throw off a hundred of them at once--could you ?" "Certainly not," said Diamond.
"So it grew very dark; and a dog began to yelp in the house.

I looked and saw that the door to the garden was shut.

Presently it was opened--not to let me out, but to let the dog in--yelping and bounding.
I thought if he caught sight of me, I was in for a biting first, and the police after.

So I jumped up, and ran for a little summer-house in the corner of the garden.