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Our man in Marciac - part two

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It's 3am on Friday morning, and I'm woken by the sound of someone snoring. Must just be the people in the tent next to mine. It does seem strangely loud though... As if the snoring were coming from... inside my tent? A quick look to the left, a quick look to the right. Nobody in my tent. Phew. Back to bed. 8am. What's that sound? An alarm clock going off on someone's phone... I look at mine to check, but no, it's definitely not my phone that's going off. Various sighs and curses come from the surrounding tents as people are woken by the continuing alarm. The snoring continues... When will they turn the alarm off...? A cough, a splutter, another good few curses and the snoring has stopped. And now the alarm has stopped. And now the snoring has begun again. I seriously envy how quickly this person seems to be able to fall asleep. Hang on, is that something - or someone - pressed against my tent? Whatever it is it just moved... And that looks suspic...