1.   Darkness is stronger and swallows them like minnows.

2.   In a matter of minutes there was complete darkness.

3.   Of course the rank darkness was different at sunrise or dusk.

4.   Out in his shellhole, looking up the hill towards Thiepval, Stephen lay, waiting for the darkness to be complete.

5.   The darkness was almost complete.

6.   The darkness was so complete that no one could have seen her through the driving rain and almost instantly the house disappeared.

7.   Someone must have blown them or snuffed them, because the darkness was sudden and almost complete.

8.   As if in slow motion, she watched as the pale timber beam swung towards her, then her head exploded and there was darkness.

9.   And suddenly there was a darkness about his demeanour.

10.   There was a darkness in his eyes, anger simmering just beneath the surface.