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They passed, leaving a trail of foxfire shuffled up out of the wet leaves like stars plowed in a ship's wake.

They passed, leaving a trail of foxfire shuffled up out of the wet leaves like stars plowed in a ship’s wake.
– Cormac McCarthy

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