She’s sleeping in the house, soundly. But I can’t sleep, not the first night. Before all else, I have to know what is around the house. Whether there are dogs, and if they’re friendly, whether there are ditches, and how deep they are. Whether there are poisonous insects, snakes. I need to get out in front of anything that could happen, but everything is very dark and my eyes never get used to the darkness. I think I once had a very different idea of the night.
