That was I suppose before the McCanns joined them for a couple of nights
Dianne stayed put in the living room, apparently;
Back in the apartment the cold, black night enveloped us all for what seemed like an eternity.
Dianne and I sat there just staring at each other, still as statues. ‘It’s so dark,’ she said again and again. ‘I
want the light to come.’ I felt exactly the same way. Gerry was stretched out on a camp bed with Amelie
asleep on his chest. He kept saying, ‘Kate, we need to rest.’ He managed to drift off but only briefly,
certainly for less than an hour. [Madeleine]
On 4th they went to their new apartment, 4G, so only one night at the Paynes. Kate's Mum, Dad and Aunt arrived on 4th and stayed with them in 4G as far as I can ascertain.
When Kate says 'back in the apartment' it's after she went out to speak to the police;
At one point I went out to speak to the police, needing some reassurance. It was difficult and exasperating as communication was so limited, and there was no reassurance to be had. I walked briskly up and down Rua Dr Agostinho da Silva, sometimes breaking into a jog, clinging to the hope that I’d spot something in the dark. The fear of Madeleine being dumped somewhere and dying of hypothermia started to hijack my thoughts. [Madeleine]
GNR Officer Lacao remembers;
He remembers that during a brief rest period at about 04.00, Madeleine's mother asked whether there was any news and whether the roads had been blocked off.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/CARLOS-LACAO.htmGerry was out too according to GNR Officer Silva;
He only had direct contact with the couple and their friends at about 04.00 when Gerry McCann approached the GNR group of which he was a member to ask whether there was a church close by. He replied to him in English, giving the directions to a nearby church.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/RUI-SILVA.htm
