Rhyaider Gowy in Radnorshire is where Lodore and Cornelia first meet. Lodore helps a frightened Cornelia home after getting caught in a storm.
"The valley, through which his path wound, was narrow, and the gathering clouds over head made it dark as night; the lightning flashed with peculiar brightness; and the thunder, loud and bellowing, was re-echoed by the hills, and reverberated along the sky in terrific pealings. It was more like a continental storm than any which Lodore had ever witnessed in England, and imparted to him a sensation of thrilling pleasure; till, as the rain came down in torrents, he began to think of seeking some shelter, at least for his horse. Looking round for this, he all at once perceived a vision of white muslin beneath a ledge of rock, which could but half protect the gentle wearer: frightened she was, too, a slight shriek testified, when a bright flash, succeeded instantly by a loud peal of thunder, bespoke the presence of something like danger" (93).
After their acquaintance, Lodore and Cornelia are quickly married at the church in Rhyaider Gowy. Lodore idealizes Cornelia and conflates her with the location where they met, calling her "a nursling [...] of mountains, waterfalls, and solitude" (96).
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