I had never known the dread of being short of money, and the new experience was, perhaps, the more terrible to me.

There was no chance of disposing of the costly dress in which I had journeyed, without arousing too much attention and running too great a risk.

I stayed in-doors as much as possible, and, as the weather continued cold and gloomy, I did not meet many persons when I ventured out into the narrow, foreign-looking streets of the town.
But on the third day, when I looked out from my window, I saw that the sky had cleared, and the sun was shining joyously.

It was one of those lovely days which come as a lull sometimes in the midst of the equinoctial gales, as if they were weary of the havoc they had made, and were resting with folded wings.

For the first time I saw the little island of Sark lying against the eastern sky.