1.   A final meal and prizegiving, in this attractive village, leaving late evening for a cool night journey to the airport.

2.   At the height of the Harmattan, in the cool nights of the rainy season, I wrote.

3.   On cool nights a fire crackles in the fireplace.

4.   She breathed deeply in the cool night air.

5.   She felt a fleeting distant surprise as the cool night air whispered over her skin.

6.   We were in the middle of summer, but it was a cool night.

7.   And then they were in the sanctuary -- however temporary -- of the wide cool night.

8.   The pause hangs in the cool night air.