thirteen，fourteen，andsoonuntiltheyreachthetwenties，andthenthethirties，andthentheforties。Sherealisedthatthereisnothingtopreventnightsfromdoingthisiftheychoose。
Atagreatdistanceanelderlywomansatwithherheadbentdown；
Rachelraisedherselfslightlyandsawwithdismaythatshewasplayingcardsbythelightofacandlewhichstoodinthehollowofanewspaper。
Thesighthadsomethinginexplicablysinisteraboutit，andshewasterrifiedandcriedout，uponwhichthewomanlaiddownhercardsandcameacrosstheroom，shadingthecandlewithherhands。
Comingnearerandneareracrossthegreatspaceoftheroom，shestoodatlastaboveRachel’sheadandsaid，“Notasleep？