← Napoleon produced no schemes of his own, but said quietly that Snowball's would come to nothing, and seemed to be biding his time. 🔊
← Then Napoleon stood up to reply. He said very quietly that the windmill was nonsense and that he advised nobody to vote for it, and promptly sat down again; he had spoken for barely thirty seconds, and seemed almost indifferent as to the effect he produced. 🔊
← Suddenly he halted as though his mind were made up. "Comrades," he said quietly, "do you know who is responsible for this? 🔊
← With one accord they began to creep as quietly as possible into the farmhouse garden. 🔊