from previous--

before  the  storm , long  distance  guests  had  left, after  the  storm the  local  staff, visitors  and  musicians  also  left, others  were  staying  in  hotels  booked  for  them, the  detective  was  left  alone  with the  wedding  gifts  from distinguished  guests, the  winds  and  the  rains  were  at  war  , the  noise  was  deafening, but  the  sound of  explosions  drowned  the  noise  of  the  storm, it  was  not  an earthquake  as  the  worried  grandfather   thought, looking very  tired, the  lights  also  went  off, the  whole  island  was  sunk  in the  gloom of  darkness , some  consolation to  the  detective  who  was  alert  for  any  attack  from anywhere