He was disturbed, however, and very unexpectedly, between half-past one and a quarter to two in the morning.
More than once he had remained seated for a long time, but his eyes were growing heavy and he roused himself and walked again until he was thoroughly awake.

It was certainly true that of all the persons concerned in the events of the day, except Keyork, he had undergone the least bodily fatigue and mental excitement.

But even to the strongest, the hours of the night spent in watching by a sick person seem endless when there is no really strong personal anxiety felt.

He was undoubtedly interested in Kafka's fate, and was resolved to protect him as well as to hinder him from committing any act of folly.

But he had only met him for the first time that very afternoon, and under circumstances which had not in the first instance suggested even the possibility of a friendship between the two.