You lads are fit and trim, and I hope that all of you will do your duty tomorrow.

Remember that we have brave foes before us, and I know most of their officers.

All who are of our age have been the comrades of Lieutenant-Colonel St.Hilaire and myself." "It is true, and it is a melancholy phase of this war," said Hector St.Hilaire.
They walked away together and Harry rejoined those of his own age near the banks of Bull Run.

But Langdon and St.Clair were sound asleep on their blankets, and so were all the rest of the Invincibles, save those who had been posted as sentinels.

But Harry did not sleep that night.
It was past midnight now, but he was never more awake in his life, and he felt that he must watch until day.
He had no duties to do, and he sat down with his back to a tree and waited.