The Piazza Tales Chapter 5 - The Encantadas - Sketch Eighth. Norfolk Isle and the Chola Widow.

In which a solitary island dweller clings to her sparse few possessions and faithful dogs amidst the barren and weather-beaten encantations of her rocky domain, revealing a profound and silent grief beneath her stern exterior. Meanwhile, a strange and wild hermit inhabits the volcanic wastes nearby, embodying a curious mixture of savagery, vanity, and seclusion as he tends a scanty garden in his volcanic realm.