At length the sun setsetin a flood of glory , behind the distant western hills , and as darkness drewdrawits veil around the secluded spot the sounds of preparation diminisheddiminish; the last light finally disappeareddisappearfrom the log cabin of some officer ; the trees castcasttheir deeper shadows over the mounds and the rippling stream , and a silencesilencesoon pervaded the camp , as deep as that which reigned in the vast forest by which it was environed .
It castcastits eyes upon the roads , which were growing from long troughs of liquid mud to proper thoroughfares .
My promisepromise, then , was given ; but six months are six months , and seem an eternity , and , inasmuch as they stretched between me and my prospective industry ( I suppose attaches are industrious ; but I know not , for I never became attache to Sir Jacob or anybody else ) , I castcastabout for some desirable mode of spending them .
After being castcastaside by this young man , the slave-woman betookbetookherself to the business of a laundress , and was considered to be the most tasteful woman in Richmond at her vocation .