The wall-less  maison  draws him in. No basement, no kitchen, just a library without a  plafond , without many books, a rough  sol  and lots of quiet. Here is a human place, where he can think, and where the Demons of the Desert certainly don't dare to follow him.     En Moins d'une heure, j'étais au seuil d'une maison de terre battue, inachevée.