In a darkened hut half a world away from New Bern, North Carolina, Carlos Hathcock licked the envelope's flap and pressed it shut.

"You see us living in darkness," he said, nodding toward his darkened hut.

The fetid stench of the darkened hut, the mind-dizzying rice alcohol, even Paul's mocking laughter had all fused into a delicious composite memory now.

Reynolds remained by the window, watched Saunders cross the compound and enter a darkened hut on the far side.

We walked past quiet, darkened huts.

We passed more darkened huts.

Long after the Griqua left, the silence persisted in the darkened hut, broken at last by Kamuza.

Victoria could feel it even where she sat in the darkened hut.

Slowly he trudged back to the hut and was about to knock upon the door when he heard the sound of weeping coming from within the darkened hut.

Sunlight was streaming into the darkened hut through cracks in the blackout curtains.