Some one was bound to come.

Then other human beings would follow in succession.

I waited, and it seemed to me as if that was all I was made for.
I waited a long time, not daring to go to sleep.

Then, very late, when silence had been reigning so long that it paralysed me, I made an effort.

I leaned up against the wall once more and looked prayerfully.
The Room was black, all things blending into one, full of the night, full of the unknown, of every possible thing.