evaded by sleep once again. in a dream a voice had said: “calm down, calm down. you cannot possibly be surprised . . . they had told you it would be so. you used it all up and now the tank has run dry. there’s nothing left. it’s cold outside and we’ll have to get out and push the rest of the way. perhaps there may never be peace in the valley, but even from down here we can still see the stars . . .”