It was edging towards evening when they first arrived in these rooms, and night falls without much incident.

... In here, that is. There are doubtless incidents of all disastrous sorts occurring outside, on the lawn or in the halls or downstairs, in the main bar. And with that door always letting people in ...



Puck has slept, or appeared to, in much the same agitated but uninterrupted manner for some hours.

But after a time, when it is fully dark, he wakes with a start and a gasp.