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He was deliciously warm, and he had a feeling of being lifted and gently balanced to and fro as if he were in a hammock. After this he forgot everything until he felt Pauer's hand on his shoulder, and started broad awake, with a clear sense that the spaces close at hand which had been so crammed with life a little while ago were all dark and deserted. 'Time to go, said Pauer.
'It will look less odd, and it's better than nothing. He turned out the lamp to its last spark, and then with a puff of breath extinguished it altogether. 'Tu m'attends, George? he called to somebody outside. 'Che d'addends, said a voice at a little distance; and Paul, guided by Pauer's hand upon his arm, groped his way towards it.
He sat puffing there, and sat looking at his guest, or prisoner, and Paul looked at him drowsily in turn until Herr Pauer's head seemed to swell and fill the canvas box. The noise of the band came in gushes, as if his ears were now under water and now clear of it The head went on swelling, and the sound of the music grew fainter.
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