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A sort of solemn hush, in company with the night, caused comparative stillness to brood over the scene, in contrast to the pandemoniacal noise that had previously reigned so fiendishly.

From Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes by Hutcheson, John C. (John Conroy)