The dawning came up with sunshine; the storm was over, the earth lay smiling in that "clear shining after rain," which is so exhilarating and full of promise.

The sky was as blue, the air as fresh, fell and wood, meadow and mountain, as clean and bright as if they had just come new from the fingers of the Almighty.

Ducie was handsomely dressed in dark violet-colored satin, and Stephen noticed with pride how well her rich clothing and quiet, dignified manner became her; while Ducie felt even a greater pride in the stately, handsome young man who drove her with such loving care down Latrigg fell that eventful morning.
Julius was at breakfast when the company from Ambleside were shown into the master's room in Seat-Sandal.

The lawyer sent in his card; and Julius, who knew him well, was a trifle annoyed by the visit.

"It will be about your mother's income, Sophia," he said, as he viciously broke the egg he was holding; "now mind, I am not going to yield one inch." "Why should you, Julius?
I am sure we have been blamed and talked over enough.