From surprise, his eyes opened, and, throwing off the sheet with which he was covered, he realized that he was in a room with bare, reinforced concrete walls, illuminated by electric light, and lying on a metal bunk. In addition to his bed, there were several more in the room, and in addition there were a couple of bedside tables, two folding chairs; along the two opposite walls are cabinets to the ceiling. One was stuffed with some kind of electronics, but in the second there was something spirited...