Quote 82
My head reeled at the sheer and startling beauty, the wide, bare openness of it. The sense of space, the vastness of the sky above and on either side made my heart race. (5.4)
Arthur's obviously a city boy if he's this affected by being outside in the wide open spaces. But to give him a little more credit, he's experiencing a pretty profound encounter with the Sublime.
Quote 83
this must be the Nine Lives Causeway—this and nothing more—and saw how, when the tide came in, it would quickly be quite submerged and untraceable. (5.5)
Nature isn't just beautiful. It can be a little frightening as well, when it's fixing to cover up your only road out to town.
Quote 84
Suddenly conscious of the cold and the extreme bleakness and eeriness of the spot and of the gathering dusk of the November afternoon… (5.23)
The landscape surrounding Eel Marsh House is particularly good at making people feel depressed. There's just something about November, isn't there?