to spread over the
hillside in their insentient triumph; the triumph of horrible;
amorphous angles and straight lines; the expression of
corruption triumphant and unopposed; corruption so pure that it
is hard and brittle: she saw the dun atmosphere over the
blackened hills opposite; the dark blotches of houses; slate
roofed and amorphous; the old church…tower standing up in
hideous obsoleteness above raw new houses on the crest of the
hill; the amorphous; brittle; hard edged new houses advancing
from Beldover to meet the corrupt new houses from Lethley; the
houses of Lethley advancing to mix with the houses of Hainor; a
dry; brittle; terrible corruption spreading over the face of the
land; and she was sick with a nausea so deep that she perished
as she sat。 And then; in the blowing clouds; she saw a band of
faint iridescence colouring in faint colours a portion of the
hill。 And forgetting; startled; she looked for the hovering
colour and saw a rainbow forming itself。 In one place it gleamed
fiercely; and; her heart anguished with hope; she sought the
shadow of iris where the bow should be。 Steadily the colour
gathered; mysteriously; from nowhere; it took presence upon
itself; there was a faint; vast rainbow。 The arc bended and
strengthened itself till it arched indomitable; making great
architecture of light and colour and