It landed with a faint thump on the rug of the adjoining chamber.

Just the faint thump of the far-off car stereo, much attenuated by the walls and the windows.

As his head vanished, there was a faint thump.

The stump tipped back into its concealing position with only a faint thump.

Then she stood up, white canvas shoes hitting the floor with a faint thump.

The craft descended, landed with a faint thump at exactly the site Turner had indicated.

There was a faint thump, and the man fell in an uncoordinated heap.

Over the very faint thump of distant drums, there were suddenly women's screams to be heard, drifting down from the mesa above their heads.

Then, maybe from somewhere upstairs, there was a faint thump.

Then there is - unless we each imagine it - a very faint thump.