A few days after Deborah's funeral Charlotte had an errand at the store after supper.

When she went down the hill the sun had quite set, but there was a clear green light.

The sky gave it out, and there seemed to be also a green glow from the earth.

Charlotte went down the hill with the evening air fresh and damp in her face.

Lilacs were in blossom all about, and their fragrance was so vital and intense that it seemed almost like a wide presence in the green twilight.
She reached Barney's house, and passed it; then she came to the Thayer house.