The voice from the telescreen paused. A trumpet call, clear and beautiful, floated into the stagnant air. The voice continued raspingly.
One might have thought already that God's curse hung heavy over a degenerate world, for there was an awesome hush and a feeling of vague expectation in the sultry and stagnant air.
In times of despair, the depths of one's heart are covered with helplessness, disappointment, loneliness, boredom, which makes one want to escape, and the stagnant air around it is suffocating.
