"But see what clouds have gathered since we set out.

I'm thinking we shall have more rain.

It'll be a sore time for th' haymaking if the meadows are flooded again.

The brook's fine and full now: another day's rain 'ud cover the plank, and we should have to go round by the road." They were coming across the valley now, and had entered the pasture through which the brook ran.
"Why, what's that sticking against the willow ?" continued Seth, beginning to walk faster.

Adam's heart rose to his mouth: the vague anxiety about his father was changed into a great dread.