1) He lay staring at the slowly revolving ceiling fan that picked up dust with each revolution through the hot air. 2) Much later, he rose from the bed and stumbled to the door, rubbing his face with the flat of his palms. 3) As he looked out at the sunlit courtyard with slightly dazed eyes, he saw his mother sway across the red bricks, carrying a load of freshly washed clothes on one hip and vanish into the stairway leading up to the roof. 4)The day before Abhay shot the white-faced monkey, he awoke to find himself bathed in sweat.