Looking up between the buildings I could see the clear blue sky and the stars.

And I walked slowly up and down awaiting my friend and trying, vainly to calm my whirling emotions.
He came at last and I went with him.

That night I slept scarcely at all, but lay looking up into the darkness.

And it seemed as though, as I lay there, listening, that I could hear the city moving in its restless sleep and sighing as with heavy pain.

All night long I lay there thinking..