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SOLITUDE AND STORM.
In his hidden valley Venters awakened from sleep, and his ears rang with innumerable melodies from full-throated mockingbirds, and his eyes opened wide upon the glorious golden shaft of sunlight shining through the great stone bridge.

The circle of cliffs surrounding Surprise Valley lay shrouded in morning mist, a dim blue low down along the terraces, a creamy, moving cloud along the ramparts.

The oak forest in the center was a plumed and tufted oval of gold.
He saw Bess under the spruces.

Upon her complete recovery of strength she always rose with the dawn.