21.   Light was fading.

22.   She sits in the dark house deciding when lights fade and how fast, setting the intensity of each scene.

23.   The first color we lose as the light fades is red.

24.   The light outside was fading fast, and though Ms. Quinn had rebuilt the fire, the room grew darker.

25.   The light faded, but the ocean heaved and crashed with the same intensity.

26.   The last light fades and a cloud of steam, as if flashing with energy, begins to glow an erratic orange.

27.   The light always faded too fast.

28.   The light was fading by the time he popped a rough cut of his film into the VCR in the den.

29.   The natural light can fade clothes.

30.   Then, just as the light fades from the screen, she breaks into a Mona Lisa smile.