| When Alexandra arrived at the ball the room fell silent and everyone stared in amazement. |
| And the garden fell silent for a while, with an old grey poet and his cat snoozing softly in the sun. |
| Hearing this, Val fell silent and then suddenly exploded into fits of wild laughter. |
| He thoughtfully twizzled his thinning grey beard and fell silent for a long time. A very long time. |
| As a fresh flurry of snow fell, the world fell silent in dread expectation. |
| The deep boom of a gong echoed through the room, and the gathered students fell silent. |
