Starts out with him fretting that the village doesn't have long and he may have gone the wrong route, trying to persuade the creole crew instead of the more superstitious types first.

As he groaned lightly and rolled over, there was the sound of the door opening in the darkness. For a moment, he thought 'is it Seishin?' but he understood that it wasn't. Seishin was the only one t couldn't possibly be; indeed, Seishin as expected, couldn't sneak into someone's room at his own convenience. With that in mind, the possibilities for who else would visit him in the night like this were limited.

Toshio sprang up. The shadow making to approach the bed stepped back in surprise.

Surprise, it's you-know-who!