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Chapter 39

           Sofurioushadbeenthegusts,thathighbuildingsintownhadhadtheleadstrippedofftheirroofs;andinthecountry,treeshadbeentornup,andsailsofwindmillscarriedaway;andgloomyaccountshadcomeinfromthecoast,ofshipwreckanddeath.Violentblastsofrainhadaccompaniedtheseragesofwind,andthedayjustclosedasIsatdowntoreadhadbeentheworstofall.

           AlterationshavebeenmadeinthatpartoftheTemplesincethattime,andithasnotnowsolonelyacharacterasithadthen,norisitsoexposedtotheriver.Welivedatthetopofthelasthouse,andthewindrushinguptherivershookthehousethatnight,likedischargesofcannon,orbreakingsofasea.Whentheraincamewithitanddashedagainstthewindows,Ithought,raisingmyeyestothemastheyrocked,thatImighthavefanciedmyselfinastorm-beatenlighthouse.Occasionally,thesmokecamerollingdownthechimneyasthoughitcouldnotbeartogooutintosuchanight;andwhenIsetthedoorsopenandlookeddownthestaircase,thestaircaselampswereblownout;andwhenIshadedmyfacewithmyhandsandlookedthroughtheblackwindows(openingthemeversolittlewasoutofthequestionintheteethofsuchwindandrain),Isawthatthelampsinthecourtwereblownout,andthatthelampsonthebridgesandtheshorewereshuddering,andthatthecoal-firesinbargesontheriverwerebeingcarriedawaybeforethewindlikered-hotsplashesintherain.

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