She half resolved to rise and pursue him, but the wildness of the scheme quickly suggested itself.

He was going to a place whither no power on earth could induce him to suffer an attendant.
The window of her chamber looked toward the rock.

The atmosphere was clear and calm, but the edifice could not be discovered at that distance through the dusk.

My mother's anxiety would not allow her to remain where she was.

She rose, and seated herself at the window.