The Wide Net: and Other Stories (Harvest Book, Hb278)
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Then they were all moving in the stirring darkness, all in their nightgowns, she and Will being led by their mother and father, and they in turn with their hands out as if they were being led by something invisible. They moved off the sleeping porch into the rooms of the house.
Cheryl Carroll
From "The Winds", Chapter 5. The family is retreating inside, for safety from the wildness of nature.
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But she stood with her back to all of them and looked, saying, “I see Cornella.”
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“The wind will come after Cornella,” said Josie.