o make ts a bit more comfortable.

    Upstairs it sounds like t its only Mrs. van D.s bed being s t y, arrayed in , can sniff t air te little nostrils.

    Nine oclock. After Peters finiss my turn for to toe, and more often t I find a tiny flea floating in t monteeto bleachan half an hour.

    Nine-ty. I tty, ies, curlers and a ton in t of t in line invariably calls me back to remove t unsig Ive left in the sink.

    ten oclock. time to put up t screen and say good-nig fifteen minutes, at least, tairs neig al spat in bed, all is quiet.

    Eleven-ty. trip of ligo the room.

    Squeaking s, even larger t . . . Dussel is returning from ly le of paper (from tucking away in hroom.

    Approximately to get up to use tin can under my bed,  underneat clatters into tainside.

    tty is returned to its place, and te nig causes Margot to exclaim every evening, quot;O indecent nig;) climbs back into bed. A certain somebody lies a fifteen minutes, listening to t. In t place, to airs, and to tairs, next door and in my room -- to tell , ted nine or ten times. tened profusely.

    ternated tle smacking sounds, folloossing and turning and rearranging ter five minutes of perfect quiet, ts itself times, after wo sleep for a while.

    Sometimes t, bet before it  all of a sudden I find myself standing beside my bed, out of s. Occasionally Im dreaming so deeply (of irregular Frencairs) t I realize only ing opped and t Ive remained quietly in my room. But usually I