Nels crossed the railroad track and disappeared behind the low, flat houses.

The lot is the width of three flat houses, which stand behind it.

Then, with the low, flat houses of Forlorn River shining red in the sunset, Gale flagged and rapidly weakened.

There is nothing whatever except the tall, flat houses, the pavements, the lampposts, the grimy thoroughfare and the silence.

Tall flat houses rose in the chill mist to our left and stared blankly down upon us with close-barred green eyelids.