On to the Rescue - A Tale of the Indian Mutiny
William Gordon Stables
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(...)"you been a perfect stranger in the glen, and had you been unable to tell which was east and which was west, you would have been for a few moments puzzled indeed; for turning your back to one fiery ball, you would have seen, glimmering in a blue -grey haze, and near to the horizon, precisely such another. Yes, that is the sun, and it gets larger and more crimson every moment, till it sinks from sight behind the far-off mountains. And yonder is the moon, moving higher and higher every minute, getting a trifle smaller too, and less and less red, until her broad, round, yellow disc has shaken itself clear of the horizon's haze, and is shining softly, sweetly over hill and dale. Then a star struggles out; then another, and it is night.(...)".