illunem nacti per rura tacentia noctem accelerant vitantque sonos; sed percita falli sub tanto motu Tellus nequit.
The night was moonless, and they increased their speed over the sleeping country; they tried to make no sound, but the Earth, trampled by so many moving feet, could not be deceived.
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