"How does it happen that I am asleep on the floor?" he asked.
"You fell from your chair last night."
"Why didn't you rouse me, and make me go to bed?"
"I tried to, but you slept too sound."
"It is strange I should sleep so—and Conrad, too. What time is it?"
"Half-past nine."
"Has there been any noise in the room above, where the strangers are sleeping?"
"I have heard none."
"The potion kept them asleep. I must go up and rouse them."