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XI. Outside the Barracks—Snow—A Meeting

           

           Thisclimaxoftheserieshadbeenreachedto-nightontheaforesaidmoor,andforthefirsttimeintheseasonitsirregularitieswereformswithoutfeatures;suggestiveofanything,proclaimingnothing,andwithoutmorecharacterthanthatofbeingthelimitofsomethingelsethelowestlayerofafirmamentofsnow.Fromthischaoticskyfulofcrowdingflakesthemeadandmoormomentarilyreceivedadditionalclothing,onlytoappearmomentarilymorenakedthereby.Thevastarchofcloudabovewasstrangelylow,andformedasitweretheroofofalargedarkcavern,graduallysinkinginuponitsfloor;fortheinstinctivethoughtwasthatthesnowliningtheheavensandthatencrustingtheearthwouldsoonuniteintoonemasswithoutanyinterveningstratumofairatall.

           Weturnourattentiontotheleft-handcharacteristics;whichwereflatnessinrespectoftheriver,verticalityinrespectofthewallbehindit,anddarknessastoboth.Thesefeaturesmadeupthemass.Ifanythingcouldbedarkerthanthesky,itwasthewall,andifanythingcouldbegloomierthanthewallitwastheriverbeneath.Theindistinctsummitofthefacadewasnotchedandprongedbychimneyshereandthere,anduponitsfacewerefaintlysignifiedtheoblongshapesofwindows,thoughonlyintheupperpart.Below,downtothewater’sedge,theflatwasunbrokenbyholeorprojection.

           Anindescribablesuccessionofdullblows,perplexingintheirregularity,senttheirsoundwithdifficultythroughthefluffyatmosphere.Itwasaneighbouringclockstrikingten.

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