So, after all, whatEVER the hell, WHAT the hell." For a time we were silent.
"Well," he said at last, "we have to go to the city in the morning." He laughed.

"Sounds as though we were living in the suburbs, somehow, doesn't it ?" "It can't be many hours before dawn," I said.

"Turn in for a while, I'll wake you when I think you've slept enough." "It doesn't seem fair," he protested, but sleepily.
"I'm not sleepy," I told him; nor was I.
But whether I was or not, I wanted to question Yuruk, uninterrupted and undisturbed.
Drake stretched himself out.

When his breathing showed him fast asleep indeed, I slipped over to the black eunuch and crouched, right hand close to the butt of my automatic, facing him..