"He means he's run out of breath," Mildred translated, picking up the ebony cane the old man had dropped and handing it back to him.

The third person was a tall old man, leaning on a black ebony cane.

He whispered, "Get ready," and hefted his ebony cane.

In one hand he carried an ebony cane and in the other a bouquet of pink roses.

Lord Vetinari was not a heavily built man and, these days, he walked with the aid of an ebony cane.

Lester snatched the ebony cane away from Doc and passed it up to Elijah.

The Ghost nodded slightly, and then held out his ebony cane.

Greebo waved his arms experimentally and fumbled with the ebony cane.