She would go through with it.

Yes, she would go through with it.

Surely he must be asleep by now! They crept up to the tent and placed their ears within two inches of his head.

Yes, he was asleep; the sound of his breathing rose and fell with the regularity of an infant's.
Jess turned round and touched her companion upon the shoulder.

He did not move, but she felt that his arm was shaking.
"_Now_," she whispered.
Still he hung back.