I remember I noted a rabbit run confusedly into the open, and then at a fresh flare of lightning scamper back.
Something was crouching and shivering at my side.

I found it was Elspeth, whose courage was no match for the terrors of the heavens.

She snuggled against me for companionship, and hid her face in the sleeve of my coat.
Suddenly came a cry from Shalah on my left.

He pointed his hand to the glade, and in it I saw a man running.

A new burst of light sprang up, for some dry tindery creepers had caught fire, and were blazing to heaven.