In any case they will make a thorough search of the island at daybreak." "Will it be dawn soon ?" "Yes.

Are you tired ?" "A little cramped--that is all." "Don't think I am foolish--can you manage to sleep ?" "Sleep! With those men so near!" "Yes.

We do not know how long they will remain.

We must keep up our strength.

Sleep, next to food and drink, is a prime necessity." "If it will please you, I will try," she said, with such sweet readiness to obey his slightest wish that the wonder is he did not kiss her then and there.