"Lead-coloured" Quotes from Famous Books
... northern night, with a bitter wind driving the sea mist in billows over the marshes, and a waning half moon shining fitfully through the dingy clouds which scudded across a lead-coloured sky. By the light of the moon he saw the figure of the girl, already some distance from the house, swiftly making her way along the reedy canal path which ... — The Shrieking Pit • Arthur J. Rees |