she had turned at the call , and he had a brief impression of wide eyes and fair , flying hair , lifted and tossed in the hot wind of the fire . what else did you take into account ? he scooped up his hat from the floor and followed her . `` i thought it was ... '' so many expectations . then she brushed some sort of powder over her face before she faced him again . really , why would you think that ? a dark cloud blocked the sun in the otherwise sky blue sky . 