He could not see a single form move.

It was weird, uncanny, and the blood chilled in his veins.

But he shook himself violently, angry at his weakness, and walked among them, looking for the two colonels and the two lieutenants.
A figure suddenly sat up before him and a dignified voice said: "Your footstep awakened me, Harry, and if there is a message, I am here to receive it.

But I ask you in the name of mercy to be quick.

I was never before so much overpowered that I could not hold up my head a minute." Before Harry could speak another figure rose.
"Yes, Harry, be quick if you can, and let us go back to sleep," said Lieutenant-Colonel Hector St.Hilaire in a pleading voice.
"Thank God I've found you both.