But for the tenseness of the arm that encircled her, she could have believed him to be dozing.

The silence was becoming oppressive when abruptly he broke it.
"See!" he said.

"Here comes the dawn!" She started and stared in front of her, seeing nothing.
"Over to your left," said Nick.

And turning she beheld a lightening of the darkness high above them.
She breathed a sigh of thankfulness, and watched it grow.

It spread rapidly.