So one of the great astronomical events of the last century had come and gone, and we had not known what it was until it was over.
Except for the dun canopy of smoke and clouds over the sun we should have guessed at once, of course, the cause of the darkness; but as it was, the eclipse had given us an anxious afternoon; and although the rainbow in the morning had probably not the slightest connection with the eclipse,--indeed, could not have had,--it had greatly heightened the feeling of awe and superstitious dread with which we had beheld night fall in the middle of the afternoon! By the time we got home it was light again.

As we drove into the yard, the old Squire came out, smiling.

"Was it a little dark up where you were blackberrying a while ago ?" he asked.
"Well, _just_ a little dark, sir," Addison replied, with a smile as droll as his own.

"But I suppose it was all because of that rainbow in the morning that you told us to look out for.".