The quiet was so deep that their feet seemed to thump along while all …

J. R. R. Tolkien
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The quiet was so deep that their feet seemed to thump along while all the trees leaned over them and listened. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Hobbit, p.79, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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