i ca n't say how long we stayed like that , just gazing at each other , but gradually will 's eyelids grew heavier , until he murmured apologetically that he thought he might ... his breathing deepened , he tipped over that small crevasse into sleep , and then it was just me watching his face , looking at the way his eyelashes separated into little points near the corner of his eyes , at the new freckles on his nose .