Once he smiled at Lenore as if she were the good fairy who had brought about this miracle.

In his look Lenore had deeper realization of him, of nature, and of life.

She loved rain, but always, thenceforth, she would reverence it.

Fresh, cool fragrance of a renewed soil filled the air.

All that dusty gray hue of the earth had vanished, and it was wet and green and bright.