They found him in bed.

'Well, and what ?' said Agostino, replying to their laughter.

'I am old; too old to stride across a day and night, like you giants of youth.

I take my rest when I can, for I must have it.' 'But, you know, O conscript father,' said Carlo, willing to fall a little into his mood, 'you know that nothing will be done to-night.' 'Do I know so much ?' Agostino murmured at full length.
'Do you know that the Chief is in the city ?' said Luciano.
'A man who is lying in bed knows this,' returned Agostino, 'that he knows less than those who are up, though what he does know he perhaps digests better.

'Tis you who are the fountains, my boys, while I am the pool into which you play.