He lit the candle, which set them all blinking after their long darkness, "Now let us see what we can do."

Most die before the long, long darkness and cold of winter.

The long darkness was not always to be feared, he thought.

The long darkness through which the people of this country have lived may be coming to an end.

Then there was nothing but a long darkness and a withdrawal.

It is the long darkness of humankind when the wild ones imagined they talked, one to another.

I've seen that kind before, during the long darkness.

It is etched upon his mind before the long darkness comes.

The young brother she'd never been able to cuddle through that long darkness, come to her at last.

Was this some effect in his eyes, due to the long, abnormal darkness?