The church, also very old, showed near by its pointed steeple, which harmonized well with the solid masses of the castle.

The moon brought out in full relief the various roofs and towers on which it played and sparkled.
Michu gazed at this baronial structure in a manner that upset all his wife's ideas about him; his face, now calm, wore a look of hope and also a sort of pride.

His eyes scanned the horizon with a glance of defiance; he listened for sounds in the air.

It was now nine o'clock; the moon was beginning to cast its light upon the margin of the forest and to illumine the little bluff on which they stood.

The position struck him as dangerous and he left it, fearful of being seen.