Rogers laughed scornfully.
"Their lead fell short," he said.

"How could they expect to hit any of us at such a range, and they not the best of marksmen even in the daylight.

They can't hope to do any more than to keep us awake." The rangers made no reply to the shot, they would not deign it with such notice, but the guard was doubled, while the others remained in their blankets.

A half hour more passed, and a second shot came, but from a point much nearer.
"They're trying to steal forward through the grass that grows tall down there," said Rogers.

"They're more bent on battle than I thought they'd be.