noon
Still , though he submitted to her caresses , he did not return them . Within his ears the impassioned words of Helene were sounding perpetually , deafening him to every other appeal . His visible presence was with Wanda , his breast was deeply stirred with pity and affection and remorse for her , but his soul was left behind with that stricken girl , to whose broken-hearted confessions he had been a forced listener . The day had lost its brightness , as though twilight had suddenly laid her dusky hand across the burning gaze of noon ; the shadows deepened perceptibly about them ; the sky threatened , the darkened trees seemed full of dread , the last gleam of light faded swiftly into the black approaching clouds , and they were speedily engulfed in one of those impatient summer showers , whose sharp fury quickly spends itself . Edward was reminded of that time a year ago when they were alone in the storm . Again the Indian girl bent reverently to the ground , exclaiming in awed accents , `` The Great Spirit is angry . '' `` He has need to be angry , '' muttered the young man , hurrying his companion to a denser part of the forest , where the thickly intermingled boughs might form a roof above them .