He did not know whether the spy meant another attempt upon his life, but, standing up, he stared at him intently.

Garay shrank away and disappeared in the further ranges of the camp.

Robert somehow was not afraid.

The man would not make such a trial again at so great a risk, and his mind turned back to its preoccupation, the great battle that was coming.
Near morning he dozed again for an hour or so, but he awoke before the summer dawn.

All his faculties were alive, and his body attuned when he saw the sun rise, bringing with it the momentous day..