and slow footstepsfootstep, and then heavy thudsthudattestedattestto the probability that Jim was knocking the end of a log upon the ground to split off a corner whereby a handful of dry splinters could be procured .
The evening air was pale and chilly and after every chargechargeand thudthudof the footballers the greasy leather orb flewflylike a heavy bird through the grey light .