1.   A gathering darkness over a white plain.

2.   At first Joshua took an interest in their route, peering into the gathering darkness in an attempt to identify some landmark.

3.   He sat, a wine cup clenched firmly in his hands, as he stared through a window into the gathering darkness.

4.   He turned round and walked off into the gathering darkness.

5.   The garden was almost invisible now in the gathering darkness.

6.   The canyon walls came close together as they rode in gathering darkness.

7.   She gulped some wine and was glad of the gathering darkness now.

8.   Sir John stared into the gathering darkness.

9.   The merchant stared around into the gathering darkness and his courage began to ebb as he wondered who his strange benefactor might be.