Harry, stepping lightly over the slumbering figures--he had left his horse on the hill--went back to the staff, where he saw that many were yet watching.

At the urgent advice of an older officer he stretched himself between two blankets to protect his body from dew and slept a little before dawn.

He, too, had felt the exhaustion shown by the Invincibles, but his nervous system was keyed highly, too high, in fact, to sleep long.

Moreover, he seemed to find some new reserve of strength, and when Dalton put his hand upon his shoulder he sprang to his feet, eager and active.

Dalton had not been sent on many errands the night before, and, sleeping longer than Harry, he had been up a half hour earlier.
"You'll find coffee and food for the staff back a little," said Dalton, "and I'd advise you to take breakfast, Harry." "I will.