Respuesta :
By referencing the time and even though it most likely is a hyperbole it's the length of time and the silence they stood in that builds a suspenseful tone along with the fact the walls around them are tall and smooth like that of the rooms one normally imagines in a horror or thriller movie or story. They seem isolated and disconnected in a silence that nothing wants to penetrate but their wails and sobs. sounds of pain and death.