Then a few danced into a clear patch of light.

"Over the last two or three years I ran into a conservative patch," she said.

He gathered the boy's efforts up and began building them out into an effective patch.

Why then should it have run just at that moment into a rocky patch?

Satisfied that no one was in view, the man walked into a patch of light.

This time, she leads him into a small patch of forest.

They broke out into a relatively clear patch of sky.

The first also struck and was dragged by the wind into a patch of trees.

Then the other stepped into a patch of bright sunlight, and he saw her face clearly.

It was spreading out into an irregular patch of fire.