Nothing was uplifted except the mountains.

He drew near the Mains.

All the ricks in the yard were bobbing about, as if amusing themselves with a slow contradance; but they were as yet kept in by the barn, and a huge old hedge of hawthorn.

What was that cry from far away?
Surely it was that of a horse in danger! It brought a lusty equine response from the farm.

Where could horses be with such a depth of water about the place?
Then began a great lowing of cattle.