128-31. A little cloud sometimes throws the sea into shadow around you, but away on the horizon you see a bright spot (an isle of light) on the water, which shows that the sun is shining there. So with Enoch. His misfortune was a shadow on his life, but the future was bright and he knew that the little cloud would pass away. =the offing.= The part of the sea that lies some distance off the shore. 154. =Appraised.= Judged. 168. =his old sea-friend.= His boat. 172-81. Analyse grammatically. 184. =Save as his Annie’s.= He laughed at the fears themselves, but was grieved that she should be troubled by fears. 186-7. =that mystery, etc.= In prayer the divine side of man’s nature comes into communion with the human sympathy of God’s nature. 196. =Nay.= He sees that Annie does not like his words of seeming disparagement. 212-3. Are these prophecies fulfilled? 222-6. Most of these phrases are taken from the Bible. 235-6. See lines 892-901. 248. =chime with.= Agree with; to carry out his wishes. 253. =still.= Always. 266. =who best could tell.= The physician. 286. =passion.= What is the predicate? 329. =garth.= Garden. 340. =conies.= Rabbits. 342. =the offence of charitable.= The offence of appearing to give charity. 379. =whitening.= Showing the light underside of the leaves as the children plunged through the bushes. 382. =tawny.= Yellowish-brown in colour. 414. =fast my wife.= Bound to me as my wife. 441. =dead flame.= The sun was no longer shining brightly on the barrow. 473. Annoyed that their calculations as to the marriage of Philip and Annie had not come true. 493. She had prayed for a sign, but the expectation that some sign might be sent filled her with terror and she could not endure it. 498. “And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah.”—_Judges_ iv., 5. 504. _Malachi_ iv., 2. 505-6. _Mark_ xi., 8-10. 510. =So.= If. 529. =the Biscay.= The Bay of Biscay. 531. =the summer of the world.= The tropics. 532. =the Cape.= The Cape of Good Hope. 536. =the golden isles.= The East Indies. 542. =sea-circle.= The circle of which the horizon formed the boundary. This circle was constantly changing with the progress of the vessel. 543. =full-busted figurehead.= It was the custom to have a carved figure or bust, generally the image of the Virgin, at the prow of the vessel. 557. =so wild that it was tame.= Never having seen human beings, they had not learned to fear them. 569. =Fire-hollowing.= Burning out the centre with fire. 571. =God’s warning.= God’s warning that he could not help himself, that he could only wait for help to come. 572. =lawns.= Open grassy spaces in the woods. 573. =glades.= Narrower spaces than lawns. 579. =broad belt.= The torrid zone. 586. =zenith.= The point in the heavens which is directly overhead. 597. =globed.= Suggests larger and more brilliant stars. 598. =hollower.= Because of the silence of the night.