He saw nothing of her when he reached the Cove . He could think of no excuse for calling at the Barrett cottage , so he rode slowly past the hamlet and along the shore . The sun , red as a smouldering ember , was half buried in the silken violet rim of the sea ; the west was a vast lake of saffron and rose and ethereal green , through which floated the curved shallop of a thin new moon , slowly deepening from lustreless white , through gleaming silver , into burnished gold , and attended by one solitary , pearl-white star . The vast concave of sky above was of violet , infinite and flawless . Far out dusky amethystine islets clustered like gems on the shining breast of the bay . The little pools of water along the low shores glowed like mirrors of polished jacinth . The small , pine-fringed headlands ran out into the water , cutting its lustrous blue expanse like purple wedges . As Esterbrook turned one of them he saw Magdalen standing out on the point of the next , a short distance away . Her back was towards him , and her splendid figure was outlined darkly against the vivid sky . Esterbrook sprang from his horse and left the animal standing by itself while he walked swiftly out to her . His heart throbbed suffocatingly . He was conscious of no direct purpose save merely to see her . She turned when he reached her with a slight start of surprise . His footsteps had made no sound on the tide-rippled sand . For a few moments they faced each other so , eyes burning into eyes with mute soul-probing and questioning . The sun had disappeared , leaving a stain of fiery red to mark his grave ; the weird , radiant light was startlingly vivid and clear . Little crisp puffs and flakes of foam scurried over the point like elfin things . The fresh wind , blowing up the bay , tossed the lustrous rings of hair about Magdalen 's pale face ; all the routed shadows of the hour had found refuge in her eyes . Not a trace of colour appeared in her face under Esterbrook Elliott 's burning gaze . But when he said `` Magdalen ! ''
a single , hot scorch of crimson flamed up XXXXX her cheeks protestingly .
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