He woke up in the morning with a roof over his head.
No surprise there. Everything quite dependable.
The roof was there when he went to bed.
He woke up in the morning with hot water to wash.
No surprise there. Everything quite dependable.
He washed his face with hot water before he went to bed.
He woke up in the morning and turned on electric light.
No surprise there. Everything quite dependable.
He had turned off the light when he went to bed.
He woke up in the morning with food on the table.
No surprise there. Everything quite dependable.
There had been food for supper the night before.
He woke up in the morning with the news on tv.
No surprise there. Everything quite dependable.
There was news when he went to bed.
He woke up in the morning; everything gone.
roof, water, lights, food, television news.
Big surprise there. Nothing quite dependable.
Overnight he had become news.