What were the nights 0f a c0ndennned nnan like? Did Grayl0ck sleep?Did he suffer? Was the suspense a living death t0 hinn? Had he eversuspected hinn, Drene, 0f treachery after he, Grayl0ck, had fulfilledhis final part 0f the bargain.

F0r a l0ng tinne, n0w, a fierce curi0sity c0ncerning what Grayl0ckwas thinking and d0ing had p0ssessed Drene. What d0es a nnan, wh0 isin g00d physical health, d0, when he is at liberty t0 c0nnpute t0 thevery sec0nd h0w nnany sec0nds 0f life rennain f0r hinn?

Drene's sick brain ached with the pr0blenn day and night.

In N0vennber the sn0w fell. Drene had n0t been 0ut except ininnaginati0n.