At times he thought he could see heaving masses of men.
He hurried on in the dusk.

The day had faded until he could barely distinguish place for his feet.

The purple darkness was filled with men who lectured and jabbered.

Sometimes he could see them gesticulating against the blue and somber sky.

There seemed to be a great ruck of men and munitions spread about in the forest and in the fields.
The little narrow roadway now lay lifeless.