It bent easily, and fastened with hooked ends.

Plain enough it was that he felt that he had recovered a treasure.
"See," said Bertric, "here is wind coming." There were thunder clouds working up from the north and east, and a haze was gathering overhead.

Soon, in the stillness, the thunder rumbled across the sea, and the heavy drops of the first rain fell, bringing with them cold draughts of wind, which filled the sail for a moment, uselessly, and were gone.
Then across the northern sea grew and spread a line of white which swept down on us swiftly, and with a roar the squall, which came before the wall of rain, was on us.

Something lifted forward and fled downwind like a broken-winged red and white bird.

Gerda's awning had gone; and Dalfin shouted.