We shall join our own people in the morning." Paul said no more, and Henry sheltered him as best he could under the trees.

The wet clothing he could not replace, and that would have to be endured.

But he rubbed his body to keep him warm and to induce circulation.

The night was now far advanced, and the distant firing became spasmodic and faint.

After a while it ceased, and the weary combatants lay on their arms in the thickets.
The clouds began to float off to the eastward.