His strong, gentle grasp gave her confidence.

She was flushed with exertion when they stood together on the summit of this elevated perch.

They could look to every point of the compass except a small section on the south-west.

Here the trees rose behind them until the brow of the precipice was reached.
The emergence into a sunlit panorama of land and sea, though expected, was profoundly enthralling.

They appeared to stand almost exactly in the center of the island, which was crescent-shaped.