Now and then the tip of his tail curled and uncurled with an indescribable effect of sensuousness.

The green things in the window-box had grown luxuriantly, and now and then trailing vines tossed up past the window in the infrequent puffs of wind.

The afternoon was very warm.
The temperature had risen rapidly since noon.

Down below the wide window ran the river, unseen except for a subtle, scarcely perceptible glow of the brilliant sunlight upon the water.

It was a rather muddy stream, but at certain times it caught the sunlight and tossed it back as from the facets of brown jewels.
The murmur of the river was plainly audible in the room.