On the opposite side was a window projecting from the wall, whence he could look in three different directions.

The wide country lay at his feet.

He saw the winding road by which he had ascended, the gate by which he had entered, the meadow with its white stripes through which he had come, and the river flowing down.

He followed it with his eyes:--lo, there was the sea, shining in the sun like a diamond shield! It was but the little German Ocean, yet one with the great world-ocean.

He turned to his conductor.
"Yes," said the old man, answering his look, "it's a glorious sight! When first I looked out there I thought I was in eternity." The walls were bare even of plaster; he could have counted the stones in them; but they were dry as a bone.
"You are wondering," said the old man, "how you are to keep warm in the winter! Look here: you shut this door over the window! See how thick and strong it is! There is your fireplace; and for fuel, there's plenty below! It is a labour to carry it up, I grant; but if I was you, I would set to o' nights when nobody was about, and carry till I had a stock laid in!" "But," said Donal, "I should fill up my room.