The late night had passed before the morning light, and the sky was deep and solemn before dawn.

As if bathed in the darkness of the whole world, he walked slowly up from the sea to the shore, and looked at the mountain that he had been thinking of day and night, and that was now close at hand.

Misty lights twinkled on the hills, like they were far away and like they were close.

He stood on the shore and watched in silence, and he didn't know how long it was before he took ...