When Bilbo opened his eyes, he wondered if he had; for it was just as dark as with them shut. No one was anywhere near him. Just imagine his fright! He could hear nothing, see nothing, and he could feel nothing except the stone of the floor. Very slowly he got up and groped about on all fours, till he touched the wall of the tunnel; but neither up nor down it could he find anything: nothing at all, no sign of goblins, no sign of dwarves.
When I came to, my face was damp, but damp with tears. I couldn’t say how long I had been unconscious. I had no way to tell what time it was. Never had anyone faced solitude as complete as mine. Never had anyone been abandoned so completely.
(Jules Verne's "Journey To the Center of the Earth")
