The night deepened.
Harry could yet see the flash of waters and the dim bulk of Sumter, but the flag itself was no longer visible.

No sound came from the city.
The silence there seemed singular and heavy.
The boy felt the night and the waiting.

Even Happy Tom ceased to be light and frivolous.

The three had nothing to do and they sat together, always looking toward the sea where the smoke of the relieving fleet might appear.

Colonel Leonidas Talbot and Major Hector St.Hilaire passed together on a tour of inspection.