It was only a moment of quiet, and Jane Sampson gradually fell asleep in James Black's arms.
Because he was holding her, she couldn't curl up, and, as she slept, her subconscious sought the most comfortable position, eventually looping her hands around James Black's waist at some time that probably even Jane Sampson herself didn't realize.
In any case, when she woke up and opened her eyes, James Black saw her face pressed against his chest and her two hands encircling his waist, still sleeping soundly.
It was still not quite daybreak, around 4 a.m., the time when people are in their deepest sleep, and James Black needed to be at the city bureau by five o'clock to meet up with Peter Gingery and the others.
