Was it possible that such as he could altogether die?
Some touch, some turn, I could not tell what or how, seemed all that was
necessary to enable me to see and to hear him. It was just as if I were
perplexed and baffled by a veil which prevented recognition of him,
although I was sure he was behind it.
EARLY MORNING IN JANUARY
A warm, still morning, with a clear sky and stars. At first the hills
were almost black, but, as the dawn ascended, they became dark green, of
a peculiarly delicate tint which is never seen in the daytime. The
quietude is profound, although a voice from an unseen fishing-boat can
now and then be heard. How strange the landscape seems! It is not a
variation of the old landscape; it is a new world. The half-moon rides
high in the sky, and near her is Jupiter. A little way further to the
left is Venus, and still further down is Mercury, rare apparition, just
perceptible where the deep blue of the night is yielding to the green
which foretells the sun. The east grows lighter; the birds begin to
stir in the bushes, and the cry of a gull rises from the base of the
cliff.
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