the night was so very sultry, that although they sat with doors and windows open, they were overpowered by heat. when the tea-table was done with, they all moved to one of the windows, and looked out into the heavy twilight. lucie sat by her father; darnay sat beside her; carton leaned against a window. the curtains were long and white, and some of the thunder-gusts that whirled into the corner, caught them up to the ceiling, and waved them like spectral wings.