Once or twice a queer sinking sensation in my stomach, such as I never felt before, would come to me, but toward daylight this ceased to occur.
"At half-past five two soldiers, one carrying a spade and the other a lantern, came in.

They lit the lantern at a lamp that burned on a table in front of me and went out.

Presently I could hear them digging in the yard outside the door.

I believed it was my grave they were digging.

I cannot recall that this made any particular impression upon me.