Twice Told Tales - Nathaniel Hawthorne

analogous to that of the witch-hazel, which points to hidden gold where all is
barren to the eye. His airy gayety, coming to him from a thousand sources,
communicated itself to the family, and Ilbrahim was like a domesticated
sunbeam, brightening moody countenances and chasing away the gloom from
the dark corners of the cottage.