I thought that I had got pretty well accustomed to it, but I never calculated on having to do it from ten in the morning until ten at night, with only two half-hours off." Dick, however, had little sleep that night.

He was too excited over the glorious success he had obtained to be capable of closing an eye, and it was not until day was breaking that he fell into a doze.
An hour later, he started to his feet at a knock at the door.

He was wide awake in a moment, and on running to it, his father entered.
"You look older today than you did yesterday," the latter said, as he held his hand and gazed into Dick's face.

"I fancy that neither of us has had any sleep to speak of.

As for myself, I have not closed an eye." "Nor did I, Father, until day began to break.