The exigency of the case was manifest to Helen, when she saw how they came down over the cantles of the saddles and to their boot-tops.
The morning was gray and cold.

A fine, misty rain fell and the trees dripped steadily.

Helen was surprised to see the open country again and that apparently they were to leave the forest behind for a while.

The country was wide and flat on the right, and to the left it rolled and heaved along a black, scalloped timber-line.

Above this bordering of the forest low, drifting clouds obscured the mountains.