so she was dazzled, you must understand, and could not very distinctly observe what was in the garden. still, however, through all that bright, blinding dazzle of the sun and the new snow, she beheld a small white figure in the garden, that seemed to have a wonderful deal of human likeness about it. and she saw violet and peony, indeed, she looked more at them than at the image, she saw the two children still at work; peony bringing fresh snow, and violet applying it to the figure as scientifically as a sculptor adds clay to his model.