into the window - seat : gatheringgatherup my feet , I satsitcross-legged , like a Turk ; and , having drawndrawthe red moreen curtain nearly close , I was shrined in double retirement .
Casually glancingglanceover the hedge , Oak sawseecomingcomedown the incline before him an ornamental spring waggon , painted yellow and gaily marked , drawndrawby two horses , a waggoner walkingwalkalongside bearingbeara whip perpendicularly .
A week before , a great meteor had shotshootthrough the night , blood-red and bearded , drawing a slow-fading fiery trailtrailacross the heavens ; and the moon had risenrisethat same night blood-red , and upon its disk there was drawndrawin shadow a thing most marvelously like a scalping knife .