But it was still much too early for me to think of making a move, for sounds reached me from the outside which told me that quite a number of people were still up and about; I therefore waited, with such patience as I could muster, until these had all ceased, and then allowed something like another half-hour to elapse, in order to make all sure-- for this was a case where it were better to be half-an-hour late than half-a-minute too early, and by undue haste spoil everything.