Even when we finally retired for the night, the inevitable Miss Gryce was still my companion: we had only a short end of candle in our candlestick, and I dreaded lest she should talk till it was all burnt out; fortunately, however, the heavy supper she had eaten produced a soporific effect: she was already snoring before I had finished undressing.
En el candelero sólo quedaba un pequeño cabo de vela y temí que la conversación de mi compañera durase más que el cabo, pero afortunadamente la pesada cena que había deglutido hizo sobre ella un efecto soporífico. Antes de terminar de desvestirme, ya estaba roncando.