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=7.= As with the waning day the great wind fell.

The sudden cessation of the wind at the close of the third day

of the storm is characteristic, as is also the intense cold.

Forty degrees below zero is not unusual, often even fifty

degrees.

=10.= When, heifer-horned, the maiden moon lies down

A reference to the maiden Diana, goddess of the moon.

How long was Hugh on this journey?

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