Provide evidence from the first few paragraphs that foreshadows the ultimate outcome of the story.

Text evidence:

However, there seemed to be an indescribable darkness over the face of things.

"He was a newcomer in the land, and this was his first winter.

The trouble with him was that he was not able to imagine. He was quick and ready in the things of life, but only in the things, and not in their meanings."