Yet it needed a great effort of the will to calm his nerves, and it was a half hour before he began to feel any of the soothing effect that precedes sleep.

But fall asleep he did at last, and, despite everything, he slept soundly until the morning.
Henry did not awake to a bright day.

The sun had risen, but it was obscured by gray clouds, and the whole heavens were somber.

A cold wind began to blow, and with it came drops of rain.

He shivered despite the enfolding blanket.