Sinopsis

The sky sagged downward, bellying blackly with a sudden summer rain,
giving me a vision of catching my train in sodden clothing after the shortcut
across the fields, which I was taking in company with my brother
Tristan and his fiancée.
The sullen atmosphere ripped apart with an electric glare; our ears
quivered to the throbbing sky, while huge drops, jarred loose from the air
by the thunder-impact, splattered sluggishly, heavily, . Little
breezes swept out from the storm center, lifting the undersides of the long
grass leaves to view in waves of lighter green. I complained peevishly.
"Ah, mop up!" said Tristan. "You've plenty of time, and there's the big oak!
It's as dr...