Tonight, however, those voices were as silent as the empty church around her.

The sun had not yet risen; the forest was cool, silent around them.

He stopped and looked around, the woods completely silent around him.

The world was silent around them, empty as a skull.

Alain had gone to bed, his mother said, and it was not long before they followed, the quiet, comfortable house silent around them.

Brutus came to him in the early hours of a morning, when the camp was still and silent all around them.

Mouse was silent for a time, her arms still around him.

In Glay it was always silent around the weapon shop.

Nothing but the stones, standing still and silent all around them.

The priests, all silent around the table, stared up at him and waited.