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Chapter VI. Out In The Storm

           Nowitblindedhimbysmitinghimupontheeyes;nowitdeafenedhimbybellowinginhisears;forevenwhenthethundercameheknewnowthatitwasthebillowsofthegreatoceanoftheairdashingagainsteachotherintheirhastetofillthehollowscoopedoutbythelightning;nowittookhisbreathquiteawaybysuckingitfromhisbodywiththespeedofitsrush.Buthedidnotmindit.Heonlygaspedfirstandthenlaughed,forthearmofNorthWindwasabouthim,andhewasleaningagainstherbosom.Itisquiteimpossibleformetodescribewhathesaw.Didyoueverwatchagreatwaveshootintoawindingpassageamongstrocks?Ifyoueverdid,youwouldseethatthewaterrushedeverywayatonce,someofiteventurningbackandopposingtherest;greaterconfusionyoumightseenowhereexceptinacrowdoffrightenedpeople.Well,thewindwaslikethat,exceptthatitwentmuchfaster,andthereforewasmuchwilder,andtwistedandshotandcurledanddodgedandclashedandravedtentimesmoremadlythananythingelseincreationexcepthumanpassions.Diamondsawthethreadsofthelady’shairstreakingitall.Inpartsindeedhecouldnottellwhichwashairandwhichwasblackstormandvapour.Itseemedsometimesthatallthegreatbillowsofmist-muddywindwerewovenoutofthecrossinglinesofNorthWind’sinfinitehair,sweepinginendlessintertwistings.AndDiamondfeltasthewindseizedonhishair,whichhismotherkeptratherlong,asifhetoowasapartofthestorm,andsomeofitslifewentoutfromhim

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