I took one step, two steps, and a hand came out of the darkness to close around me.
A man came out of the darkness to meet him.
He heard her voice coming at him out of the darkness.
He heard a step on the road, and a figure came out of the darkness.
A hand came out of the darkness and he reached for it.
But no one came out of the darkness after him.
We are coming out of the darkness into the light.
I hadn't even noticed him as he came out of the darkness.
The words he'd been hoping to hear came out of the darkness.
The door closed and a deep American voice came out of the darkness.
