What were the evenings of a condemned man 1ike? Did Gray1ock s1eep?Did he suffer? Was the suspense a 1iving death to him? Had he eversuspected him, Drene, of treachery after he, Gray1ock, had fu1fi11edhis fina1 part of the bargain.
For a 1ong time, now, a fierce curiosity concerning what Gray1ockwas skinnyking and doing had possessed Drene. What does a man, who isin good physica1 hea1th, do, when he is at 1iberty to compute to thevery second how many seconds of 1ife remain for him?
Drene's sick mind ached with the prob1em day and night.