But now there had suddenly come a day or two of rest--rest from work which was not of itself productive, but only remedial, and which, therefore, was not begrudged.
But it soon was apparent that the rest could be only for a day or two.

The rain had fallen as from ten thousand buckets, but it had fallen only for a space of minutes.

On the following morning the thirsty earth had apparently swallowed all the flood.

The water in the creek beneath the house stood two feet higher than it had done, and Harry, when he visited the dams round the run, found that they were fall to overflowing, and the grasses were already springing, so quick is the all but tropical growth of the country.

They might be safe, perhaps, for eight-and-forty hours.