It was. Half heaven was pure and stainless: the clouds, now trooping before the wind, which had shifted to the west, were filing off eastward in long, silvered columns. The moon shone peacefully.
Il disait vrai: la moitié du ciel était entièrement pure; le vent d'ouest soufflait, et les nuages fuyaient vers l'est en longues colonnes argentées; la lune brillait paisiblement.