I was but jesting.

I couldn't sleep if I tried.

But I can rest." He stretched himself in an easy position, a position, also, that allowed him to go into instant action if hostile warriors came, and he awaited the event with a calmness that surprised himself.

Tayoga was crouched by his side, intent and also waiting.
A full half hour passed, and Robert heard nothing stirring in the undergrowth, save the wandering but gentle winds that rustled the leaves and whispered in the grass.

Had he been left to himself he would have grown impatient, and he would have continued the scouting curve on which he had been sent.