Chapter 16 IN WHICH A PRINCESS LEAVES A DARK TOWER AND A PROVISION MERCHANT RETURNS TO HIS FAMILY

The three days of storm ended in the night, and with the wild weather there departed from the Cruives something which had weighed on Dickson's spirits since he first saw the place. Monday-only a week from the morning when he had conceived his plan of holiday-saw the return of the sun and the bland airs of spring. Beyond the blue of the yet restless