Then, making an extreme effort, he fled on a long time, and, while he was fleeing, he saw the sun set and the night come.
The strain upon him had been so great that his nerves and brain were unsteady.

Although the forest was black with night he saw it through a blood-red mist.

Something in him was about to burst, and when he saw a human figure rising up before him it broke and he fell.
Dick was unconscious a long time.

But when he awoke he found himself wrapped in a blanket, while another was doubled under his head.

It was pitchy dark, but he beheld the outline of a human figure, sitting by his side.