“Then you must come out of this dreary place, and sit down with me on the sunny bank yonder, and I’ll tell you what I have seen.”
[2] A vine trained so as to make an out-door sitting-room. [↑]
[3] “More certain than the clock, man.” [↑]
[4] Large folding dagger-knife. [↑]
WHAT ANA SAW IN THE SUNBEAM.
“When I lie on the tomillar[1] and look through the sunbeams,” said Ana, “I see all the little sprites getting ready the beautiful colours to paint the flowers and the insects, and the clouds, and others that dye the tree-leaves green and gild the old walls, and others that teach the insects to hum and the birds to sing, and little children to smile.