Something had woken him.
He didn't know what!
He moved his head slightly so that he could hear out of his one good ear. He was totally deaf in
the other.
He heard something then.....
He didn't know what!
More a presence then a sound.....his skin tingled and the hair on his arms stood erect.
There it was again.
He rolled slightly, trying hard not to make a sound. Then he realised that being awake, he had
stopped snoring. Who-ever was there would pick up on that, wouldn't they?
He threw back the blankets and silently stood.
The floor was freezing on his bare feet.
He assumed that he had stood silently. Without a sound. What with him being almost totally
deaf, he could have made such a noise to wake the dead and he'd be none the wiser!
He actually let out a slight harrumph at that thought.
He groped for his Dressing Gown. It was cold. Thinking how on earth had some-one gotten
into his home.
It was locked up tighter than Fort Knox!
He angrily tied the sash tight around his burgeoning waist as he turned and