Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London

"But it ain't goin' to last," he said, with a deep sigh of
regret. "The rains'll come any time now. The good weather's
hangin' on something wonderful."

On Saturday morning, returning from his run out the south wall,
he missed Saxon. After helloing for her without result, he
climbed to the road. Half a mile away, he saw her astride an
unsaddled, unbridled horse that moved unwillingly, at a slow
walk, across the pasture.