20. Nightfall.

He waited there until nightfall. Some of the onlookers had lingered to see if he would say anything further, and seeing that he did not, they left. The old woman had continued to watch him for a moment, poised as she was to get up and hurry away, and as soon as he turned away from her she did so, apparently convinced that he was quite insane. Others came, but he wasn't speaking, wasn't putting stories out into the world, so they took no notice of him, and ultimately they left too.

On the bench across from him, the sleeping vagrant shifted and muttered.