She's certain their thoughts are the same; snow has buried the fig tree.
The snow, which was really frost, flung its mantle over the land and buried everything in the silence of death.
Enough snow had fallen, and had been blown, to bury their southbound trail.
Opened all four of the Tahoe's doors so the snow would drift inside and bury it quicker.
If they left her there, the next snow would bury her, perhaps until the spring thaw.
When they finally broke through, they found they had entered on the second floor; the deep snow had buried the first.
But the recent snow had buried all the clues.
The rivers and lakes ice over, the ground turns rock hard, and snow buries everything.
He began to fear that this dream condition was fatal; that snow and breathlessness would bury him.
He straightened wearily, wishing the snow would bury them all.