Beneath the hill lay the silent city, massed confusedly in the twilight of dawn.

Here and there lights twinkled among the houses of the old town.

Westward rose many hill-tops, soon to be illuminated by tips of fire.
Now the distant horizon of the sea became more plainly visible.

The scale of colors fell into the order of the solar.

Every instant they increased in intensity, rose color became red, red became fiery, daylight dawned.