They were half way down when the black shafts began to whisper around them.

"We knew that you would," the man said as others began to whisper and cry out behind him.

But then the demon in his mind began to whisper.

The kids in the hall began to whisper to each other.

Scouts who had ignored him suddenly begin to whisper among themselves.

One day an instructor walked over and began to whisper to her.

He leaned across the table and began to whisper to the doctor eating with him.

She put her lips close to his ear and began to whisper.

Across the room, two of his employees leaned close and began to whisper together.

Behind him, the crowd stared, then began to whisper among themselves again.