Q12. Why was the narrator awake despite the lateness of the hour?

                                               Chap name- The snake and the mirror

                                                   By- Vaikom Muhammad Basheer

12. It was ten on a hot summer night when the doctor reached his room. He changed his clothes and lay on his bed but couldn’t sleep due to the heat. He also went out on the veranda for some air but there was no wind that day. So, the doctor, therefore, went inside the room and sat on the chair.