Incessant Calls and Knocking
He recalled giving Julia their hotel room key, and there was no way he could have misplaced it. If so, where was his wife, and why isn’t she opening the door? His continuous knocking at the door, accompanied by yelling Julia’s name, alerted other room guests.
Oblivious to the noise he was making, Mason continued to knock and yell without any iota of consideration for his neighbors. Given that it was late at night, Julia possibly fell deep asleep as she had been extremely exhausted from the day’s events. What was he to do now if not to continue with what he was doing?