C29 Nocturnal speech

No matter how smart or energetic he was, he was unable to keep up with the middle-aged man. After guarding us for a short while, he actually fell asleep on the sofa, even snoring a little. Furthermore, it is completely possible to exclude the fact that he was faking sleep.

We sat in the middle of the hall, our backs to each other, waiting for the knell.

After a long time