Chapter 23
It was eight o'clock when we landed; we walked for a short time
on the shore, enjoying the transitory light, and then retired to
the inn and contemplated the lovely scene of waters, woods, and
mountains, obscured in darkness, yet still displaying their black
outlines.
The wind, which had fallen in the south, now rose with great
violence in the west. The moon had reached her summit in the
heavens and was beginning to descend; the clouds swept across it
swifter than the flight of the vulture and dimmed her rays, while
the lake reflected the scene of the busy heavens, rendered still
busier by the restless waves that were beginning to rise. Suddenly
a heavy storm of rain descended.
I had been calm during the day, but so soon as night obscured
the shapes of objects, a t
