A Good Night's Sleep by Brian McCabeA Good Night's Sleep was written by Brian McCabe and first appeared in "In a Dark Room with a Stranger". This is a story written to inform or remind the reader of the very serious problem facing all major cities: homelessness. Brian McCabe does it through a regular guy who lives in one of those big cities I talked about earlier. In A Good Night's Sleep, George Lockhart is this guy. George Lockhart is professor of communications and general studies; he has just divorced because he has to make an effort not to think about Elaine, his ex-wife, and with Elaine he has a son named Ben, who stays with George on weekends. Lockhart is also an insomniac; I don't know if there's a deeper reason for this, other than him being awake in the middle of the night. Edinburgh, Scotland, is the largest city in which this story takes place; more specifically, the story takes place in Lockhart's bed, in his Edinburgh apartment, and right outside his apartment door. It's not really an environment to draw a conclusion. One thing you see is that this is a middle class apartment because there is a late night bar downstairs and it can't be very insulated or "soundproof" otherwise this bar open late at night wouldn't bother him and the neighbor's property wouldn't bother him either. times. The fact that Lockhart is a teacher only reinforces this allegation. Then there is the girl; she's a young girl but she's already been living on the streets for a while now, she probably ran away from home. She used to live in a hostel but they don't let her in anymore, the reason is unclear, but since then she has been sleeping on stairs and apparently on doormats. Living on the streets most likely strongly influences someone's personality, and I think it made this girl more defensive, which is what I remember from her first reaction when George offers her a bed for the night, i.e. “no way!” Maybe once she accepted the offer and someone did something to her, rape could be a possibility. Throughout the story, she is contemptuous and hostile. Once and only once does she speak without hostility but with politeness, it is when there is a door between them and she wishes him good night, earlier I said that she is on the defensive, and in this situation there is a door between them which defends her, so she does not have to.