insomnia

 on the hour, four bells, and then three bells, those are the big bells of the Martins's church.

then the  four tinkly bells, a few seconds later, then three bells, those belong to Jodok's church.

it is dark in the room, look in the direction of the cieling. Sounds from the town come in through the open window, people still up and about.

a quarter of an hour later, a single bell.

Saint Martin's church

A single tinkle

St Jodok's church in the Freyung.

It is dark, there is the sound of a car passing over the cobbles. This makes a rumbling sound. There is nothing to see, but the weak light from the globes outside the window. The globes are made of cracked glass, the electricity from the solar panel on their mountings stores electricity during the day and releases it as light during the night. The lights are not bright, but they are pretty.

another quarter of an hour,

two bells from the Saint Martin's church tower, that is the half of the hour.

two tinkles from Saint Jodok's, that is the half of the hour just a few seconds later

and then oblivion, the time of Hypnos, the time for sleep to take over the story.

The next time the bells sound there are four and then six, and the light in the window is grey, and there is the sound of rain outside.

As had been forecast on the night before.