The match spurted, and now the tiny yellow flame sprang up and shed a faint light on the immediate space around her.

It only made the outer darkness seem more intense.

But no matter, she could see two steps in front of her; and holding the lantern steadily before her, she stepped carefully down and down, until she stood on the firm greensward of the glen.

Ah! how different everything was now from its usual aspect.

The green and gold were turned into black upon black.