"The next day was gloriously fine. The sun rose red and resplendent, its first rays tinting the fleecy clouds with many delicate and brilliant hues (Dumas 19)."
- "The night was quietly majestic. The moon shone regally and mysteriously, its beams casting clouds into dancing shadows and light-bathed wisps."
- "The afternoon was horrifically calm. The wind blew its bated breath out gently, trying not to disturb the echoes and remnants of the previous night's dance of death."
- "The twilight was beautifully mournful. The trees reached for the hidden lovers, their branches embracing and weaving leaves into their fallen footsteps."
I selected this second passage because I like the third person omniscience in which Dumas employs to convey his characters' emotions and motivations.
"Dantes threw himself into the arms of his new friend, for whom he had waited so impatiently and so long, and drew him toward the window that the little light that penetrated into his cell might reveal his features (Dumas 67)."
- "Claire collapsed on the pebbled shore of the cold lake as her once-dead husband ran toward her, for she could hardly breath from the sorrow and joy constricting her chest."
- "Penryn walked steadily towards the broken zombie child, dragging her under a tree and covering her with leafy branches, so as not to scare her little sister when she came back from finding berries."
- "Naughty John hummed softly under his breath as he carefully carved pentagrams into the muddy soil, thinking of how soon his patience would finally pay off."
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