Almost at its height, there came a cessation of the roaring tempest; the downpour was checked, the thunder died away and the lightning trickled off into faint flashes.

The sky cleared as if by magic.

The exhibition, if you please, was over! Even the most stoical, unimpressionable men in the party looked at each other in bewilderment and--awe, there was no doubt of it.

The glare that Dangloss bent upon the hag proved that he had been rudely shaken from his habitual complacency.
"It is the most amazing thing I've ever seen," he said, over and over again.
The Countess Marlanx was trembling violently.

Tullis, observing this, tried to laugh away her nervousness.
"Mere coincidence, that's all," he said.