there was the window '' -he flung out a hand- '' and there was the basin and ewer on the table , wi ' a blue band round the top , and there '' -he pointed toward a laurel bush- '' was the big bed where janet and michael were sleepin ' , and jocky the dog at the bed fit , farting like a beetle , and the smell of peat smoke from the fire and ... well , even if i should wake at midnight and the house all still around me , i should ken at once where i was . ''