I'll keep first watch.

I'll conceal myself fifty or sixty yards from camp, and if we have visitors before midnight the fun will all be mine." He knew that MacDonald was asleep within fifteen minutes after he had stationed himself at his post.

In spite of the fact that he had had almost no sleep the preceding night, he was more than usually wakeful.

He was filled with a curious feeling that events were impending.

Yet the hours passed, the moon flooded the valley again, the horses grazed without alarm, and nothing happened.