3/16 "Unhappy those compelled to brave it." "Nay, better out than in," observed another. "There is excitement in witnessing its fury, and gloom most depressing in listening to it thus." "Perchance 'tis the shadow of the coming evil," rejoined Don Felix d'Estaban. "Old legends say, there is never a storm like this, without bringing some national evil on its wings." "Ha! say they so ?" demanded the King, suddenly, that his guests started. "And is there truth in it ?" "The lovers of such marvels would bring your Grace many proofs that, some calamity always followed such a tempest," replied Don Felix. |