Her favourite walk, and where shefrequently went while the others were calling on Lady Catherine, wasalong the open grove which edged that side of the park, where there wasa nice sheltered path, which no one seemed to value but herself, andwhere she felt beyond the reach of Lady Catherine's curiosity.
The walk being hereless sheltered than on the other side, allowed them to see him beforethey met.
A double tier of bedroom galleries, with old Clumsybalustrades, ran round two sides of the straggling area, and a doublerow of bells to correspond, sheltered from the weather by a littlesloping roof, hung over the door leading to the bar and coffee-room.
An old oak afforded a pleasant shelter to thegroup, and a rich prospect of arable and meadow land, intersected withluxuriant hedges, and richly ornamented with wood, lay spread out beforethem.
( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) Leaving Sam Weller to rescue the luggage from the seven or eight porterswho flung themselves savagely upon it, the moment the coach stopped, andfinding that they were about twenty minutes too early, Mr. Pickwickand his friends went for shelter into the travellers' room--the lastresource of human dejection.
The captive had evidently been escaping under the shelterof the building, when the quicker ears of the detective had heard himrustling like a bird among the bushes.
The young man glanced at the lady a little anxiously and said: "Can't weget shelter anywhere? There seems to be a house over there.