But sooner or later they would come.

Each knew that--though not always does one acknowledge what is known.
When they spoke it was chiefly of weather and of country people....
The lightning blazed less frequently, thunder subdued itself.

For a time the rain fell thick and leaden, but after an hour it thinned and grew silver.

Presently it wholly stopped.
"This storm is over," said Ian.
Elspeth rose from the ledge of stone.

He drew aside the dripping curtain of leaf and stem, and she stepped forth from the cave, and he followed.