The pinnacle could be faintly discerned in front of a lighter background of clouds, between which a few glimmering stars occasionally twinkled in momentary brightness, and then gradually became obscured by the passing vapor that was moving before the wind, at a vast distance below the clouds themselves.
Csúcsa alig sejthetően rajzolódott ki a világosabb felhők hátterén; egy-egy pillanatra néhány csillag bukkant fel körülötte, majd fokozatosan elhomályosult a lebegő párában, amelyet jóval a felhők alatt kergetett a szél.