It was trying to wait in the quiet house, wondering if he could stand the exposure.

Then one day something kept him so that he couldn't start for the bluff until noon; and near dusk the wind got up and the snow began to fall.

It got thicker, and I could not sit still.

I went out now and then and called, and was driven back, almost frozen, by the storm.

I could scarcely see the lights a few yards away; the house shook.