A man developing all the symptoms of hydrophobia has been cured by the assurance that the dog which bit him was not mad.

So these two, not yet aflame with drought, banished the arid phantom for a little while.
Nevertheless, by high noon they were suffering again.

The time passed very slowly.

The sun rose to the zenith and filled earth and air with his ardor.

It seemed to be a miracle--now appreciated for the first time in their lives--that the sea did not dry up, and the leaves wither on the trees.