And in the afternoon they entered a land - but such a land! A land hung in mourning, darkened by gigantic cypresses, submerged; a land of reptiles, silence, shadow, decay.
George Washington CableAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist
- Nationality: american
- Born: October 12, 1844
- Died: January 31, 1925
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