The night had cleared; the cloud cover had furled out to sea and the storm had passed without breaking.

He wore the black suit with the clerical collar and a black raincoat which furled out behind him like a cape as he moved gracefully among the other skaters, who seemed mostly to be teenagers.

The picture of a model in profile from just below the breast to mid-thigh, nude except for a wind-tossed red sash tied under the waist and furling out past the frame, appeared in just about every fashion magazine last fall.