Appearing at first very large from the effects of refraction, he contracted as he rose and assumed the perfectly circular form.

Soon no eye could endure the dazzling splendor; it was as though the mouth of a furnace was opened through the sky.
Nell closed her eyes, but her eyelids could not exclude the glare, and she pressed her fingers over them.

Harry advised her to turn in the opposite direction.

"Oh, no," said she, "my eyes must get used to look at what yours can bear to see!" Even through her hands Nell perceived a rosy light, which became more white as the sun rose above the horizon.

As her sight became accustomed to it, her eyelids were raised, and at length her eyes drank in the light of day.
The good child knelt down, exclaiming, "Oh Lord God! how beautiful is Thy creation!" Then she rose and looked around.