The circle of men turned to look as they came in.

The circles of women and men parted to let them through.

The laughter stopped as he looked around the circle of men.

He looked around the circle of men at his table.

He was passing from the circles of men into another place.

And a circle of old men, offering him the earth.

She looked up at the circle of men surrounding her.

A circle of dead men, and Alex caught within it.

Below, the circle of men had moved a little, perhaps a step or two.

In one step she had reached the circle of men.