The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. And I knew we’d get into that rotten stuff pretty soon. Probably at the next gas station.

No point mentioning those bats, I thought. The poor bastard will see them soon enough.

I’m getting a raging clue right now!

This is bat country!