The fever still gripped him, distorting sounds: the rustle of new leaves in the spring breeze; the purl of water out of a limestone formation behind the grove; the occasional stamp or snort of one of their long-legged calico ponies.

Deck-planks creaked under the haulers' feet and the occasional stamp of a hoof.

She was already asleep, and he lay there, listening to her breathing, to the mice rustling in the straw, to the occasional stamp of a hoof in one of the other stalls.

This illegal practice can be as minor as an individual's washing an occasional uncancelled stamp from an envelope or chemical treatment of millions of stamps to remove cancellations.

I could hear the murmurs of men bedding down for the night, the occasional stamp of boots on hard earth and the rustle of leaves heaped up as a barrier against the autumn chill.

They waited in silence except for the occasional stamp of a hoof, Pevara schooling herself to patience, Javindhra grumbling under her breath.

The fire burned untended and the horses murmured and whickered in the forefront of the cavern, their drowsy stirrings and the occasional stamp of a hoof the only backdrop to our lovemaking.

"From here, we go afoot," Elyas announced in a quiet voice that barely carried over the occasional stamp of a horse's hoof.

So silent and still were they, that they might have been metal- sheathed statues, were it not for the occasional quick, impatient stamp of their chargers, or the rattle of chamfron against neck- plates as they tossed and strained.