How does this passage effect the mood of the reader?
“Gimmerton chapel bells were still ringing; and the full, mellow flow of the beck in the valley came soothingly on the ear. It was a sweet substitute for the yet absent murmur of the summer foliage, which drowned that music about the Grange when the trees were in leaf.”
This is the excerpt from Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights".
Mood of the text refers to feelings it evokes in a reader.
Here, the echo of the chapel bells is described to produce a soothing sound. That soothing sound should produce a calm and peaceful effect on the reader, a complete serenity.
Foreboding means the feeling that something bad will happen, which is not the case here.
Also, the excerpt doesn't use fantastical nor magical references.
