But first we tried to make Harek drink of the strong ale.

He was beginning to breathe heavily now, and I thought he would come round presently.

Whether he had been hurt by the whirling of the dance or by the fall when they cast him aside, I could not tell, and we could do no more for him.
"Sleep, master," said Kolgrim, when we had supped well; "I will watch for a time." And he would have it so, and I, seeing that he was refreshed, was glad to lie down and sleep inside the dolmen, bidding him wake me in two hours and rest in turn.
But he did not.

It was daylight when I woke, and the first ray of the sun came straight into the narrow doorway and woke me.

And it waked Harek also.