- The sun has completely set. The sea and sky are indistinguishable, as in the very first chapter.
- Leaves fall from a tree and land to await decay on the ground. The garden is dark, and the thrush is silent.
- The narrator describes the effect of the light on the objects in the room (presumably the one referenced earlier).
- The hills have lost their substance, and the narrator says that the darkness is coming as though in waves over the land, blotting out everything in its path. Yikes.