I did not turn my head.

I heard them palavering together.

'The silly ass won't say anything.' 'Oh, he understands well enough.' 'Let him be; he will be all right.' 'What can he do ?' What could I do?
Weren't we all in the same boat?
I tried to be deaf.

The smoke had disappeared to the northward.
It was a dead calm.

They had a drink from the water-breaker, and I drank too.