Shake him hard." So soundly did Jerry sleep, that when the rain, having robbed the atmosphere of its last breath of wind, ceased and left the stateroom a steaming, suffocating furnace, he did not know when Skipper, panting for air, his loin cloth and undershirt soaked with sweat, arose, tucked blanket and pillow under his arm, and went on deck.
Jerry only awakened when a huge three-inch cockroach nibbled at the sensitive and hairless skin between his toes.

He awoke kicking the offended foot, and gazed at the cockroach that did not scuttle, but that walked dignifiedly away.

He watched it join other cockroaches that paraded the floor.

Never had he seen so many gathered together at one time, and never had he seen such large ones.

They were all of a size, and they were everywhere.