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On the way from New York, I pretended I was asleep.
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Later that night, after my mother had gone to sleep, my father came into my room without knocking, stood over my bed, then leaned down either to say something to me or to see if I was asleep.
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By the time he came in to remove the needles, I was almost asleep.
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"I was fast asleep this morning and it sounded like a train running around the outside of the house, " he said.
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It was quiet now, no talk, no sound, only the silent continuum of snow at the window and I wanted to make her see how beautiful it was, if not always, then at least for now, but when I turned around she was asleep in her chair, her head flopped back, her arms dangling at her sides.
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On our honeymoon, I was stoned and fell asleep.
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"He was breathing as if he was asleep when I left him, " she said.
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All I did when they visited was cry in sympathy for their worry over me, or fall asleep, but after they left I missed them.
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He was going to pretend to be asleep while Evelyn and I made love, but Evelyn declined with him there and went to sleep elsewhere.
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