"A man would die in the open on a night like this.
"And the other tents are crowded to the walls," he mused.

"I happen to know.

They have stored all their caches inside because of the water, and they haven't room to turn around.

Besides, a dozen other strangers are storm-bound with them.

Two or three asked to spread their beds in here to-night if they couldn't pinch room elsewhere.