He had a way of looking without winking that was very fatal at a short distance; a very good thing to learn, Charley, when you have a little spare time." Half-an-hour's sharp driving brought us to the river side, where a boat had been provided by Considine to ferry us over.

It was now about eight o'clock, and a heavy, gloomy morning.

Much rain had fallen overnight, and the dark and lowering atmosphere seemed charged with more.

The mountains looked twice their real size, and all the shadows were increased to an enormous extent.

A very killing kind of light it was, as the count remarked..