Just a nucleus of light at first, like a shimmering mist, but it steadied and brighteneduntil that snowy summit was configured in the midst of her lowlier brethren on the borders of Kashmirand Bedient, turning from his deep reflections, would find the source of the miracle, trailing her glory up from the South.

Just a shimmering mist, at first, but it steadied and brightened, until the snowy breast of old God-Mother was configured in the midst of her lowly brethren on the borders of Kashmir....

These rugged water-sheds inclose, configure, temper, fertilize, and also perturb, the great scenes and stretches of history.