This scene was as silent as if all the figures had been shadows and the firelit apartment a picture: so hushed was it, I could hear the cinders fall from the grate, the clock tick in its obscure corner; and I even fancied I could distinguish the click-click of the woman's knitting-needles.
A nagy csendben hallani lehetett a parázs hullását s az óra ketyegését a szoba távoli sarkában, sőt én még az öregasszony kötőtűinek csilingelését is hallani véltem.