" These are the earliest flowers at the Heights, " she exclaimed. " They remind me of soft thaw winds, and warm sunshine, and nearly melted snow. Edgar, is there not a south wind, and is not the snow almost gone? "
However, Sreejith said India could get lucky with a weak El Nino, as higher sea-surface temperatures in the Indian Ocean and southwesterly winds could bring more rains.
Ever since the evening before the barometer, suddenly falling, had indicated an approaching change in the atmosphere;and during the night the temperature varied, the cold became sharper, and the wind veered to the south–east.
The sea was not very unpropitious, the wind seemed stationary in the north–east, the sails were hoisted, and the Henrietta ploughed across the waves like a real trans–Atlantic steamer.
Up to this time the Tankadere had always held her course to the north; but towards evening the wind, veering three quarters, bore down from the north–west.