How would you interpret the word ‘opening’ in the context? How would you interpret the word ‘opening’ in the phrase ‘until the morning light struck suddenly beneath his opening eyelids like a scimitar’? Does it mean he kept his eyes open while asleep and he would sleep until the sunlight struck below his opening eyes? Or does it mean he would sleep until he found the sunlight struck below his eyes when he opened his eyes slowly? Thanks! It’s from The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by McCullers.the context: In the spring a change came over Singer. He could not sleep and his body was very restless. At evening he would walk monotonously around the room, unable to work off a new feeling of energy. If he rested at all it was only during a few hours before dawn--then he would drop bluntly into a sleep that lasted until the morning light struck suddenly beneath his opening eyelids like a scimitar.