- The sun is no longer in the middle of the sky, and there are clouds.
- The tops of the trees are "crisped" in the sun and blowing in the breeze (6a.2).
- There are birds again, and they're flicking their heads side to side. They've taken a break from singing.
- The narrator proceeds to describe the rest of the environment near "the house," which we assume is the same house described in previous chapters.
- Now we're looking at some windows and into "the room" at the objects in there, which are, as in previous chapters, transformed by the way light strikes them at this time of day.
- Meanwhile, the waves are still a-poundin' away, crashing on the shore and getting a previously dry cave wet. Also, upon receding, they apparently left a fish stranded on land.