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He was capable of imagining that he lay in the room with an utter stranger . Then he fell asleep . Rachel , according to her own impression the next morning , had no sleep during that night . The striking of the hall clock could not be heard in the bedroom with the door closed , but it could be felt as a faint , distinct concussion ; and she had thus noted every hour , except four o'clock , when daylight had come and the street lamp had been put out . She had deliberately feigned sleep as Louis entered the room , and had maintained the soft , regular breathing of a sleeper until long after he was in bed . She did not wish to talk ; she could not have talked with any safety . Her brain was occupied much by the strange and emotional episode of Julian 's confession , but still more by the situation of her husband in the affair .