The sun was set, and Vesper, to supply His absent beams, had lighted up the sky.

enough to warm, but not enough to burn

The bitter heart of the treaty lay in the clauses requiring China to give up her sovereign control of Port Arthur and Dairen. Dairen was made an international free port, with special rights for Russia, and the Russians received the right to establish a naval base at Port Arthur on Chinese soil.

He's after a job; run after him; inquire after her health.