How exceedingly
beautiful the evening tones are becoming!"
We looked across the plain; the stretch of grass I have described was
lying before one like a waveless sea, from the horizon of which rose
the square abruptsided mass of basalt which years ago we had named
the Organ-hill, from the regular fluted columns of which it was
composed. On most occasions, as seen from Major Buckley's, it appeared
a dim mass of pearly grey, but to-night, in the clear frosty air, it
was of a rich purple, shining on the most prominent angles with a dull
golden light.
"The more I look at that noble fire-temple, the more I admire it," said
the Doctor. "It is one of the most majestic objects I ever beheld."
"It is not unlike Staffa," said Desborough. "There come two
travellers."
Two dots appeared crawling over the plain, and making for the river.
For a few minutes Alice could not be brought to see them, but when she
did, she declared that it was Jim and Halbert.
"You have good eyes, my love," said her father, "to see what does not
exist. Jim's horse is black, and Halbert's roan, and those two men are
both on grey horses.
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