The wind plays an active role for a few pages.
"The draperies rippled. Outside, a noisy wind chased clouds across the sun and away again." (p. 189)
Noisy wind echoes human uproar:
"The next several weeks roared."
-Chapter XI, p. 158.
Such uproar brings rapid changes - bad, then good; darkness, then light - alternating quickly. This continues:
"Lucas wandered among trees that tossed and soughed in the great streaming wind. Light and shadow fled across the world." (p. 189)
Djansha's voice is timid, scarcely audible through "...the gusty air." (ibid.) Wind snatches petals from roses behind her and flaps her skirt, revealing her ankles. Dead leaves whirl. Shadows rush along the Boca Daner, a stretch of water. When Lucas promises to provide Djansha's dowry:
"'The gale alone answered him.'" (p. 191)
His heartbeat outshouts the wind.
The wind is a constant background with everything else measured against it.
4 comments:
You notice the wind more when there aren't mechanical noises, btw.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
And larger Medieval era cities were probably pretty noisy.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean: bursts of noise; less background rumble.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
True, esp. when people had settled down for the night.
Ad astra! Sean
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