In spite of all that has happened since , I still remember remember that vigil vigil very distinctly : the black and silent observatory , the shadowed lantern throwing a feeble glow glow upon the floor in the corner , the steady ticking of the clockwork of the telescope , the little slit in the roof -- an oblong profundity with the stardust streaked across it .

Cameron resented resent the breaking break of his lonely campfire vigil vigil , but he respected the law of the desert .