But it saves the Government a good deal of money, and the people don't seem to care.

They stand it, anyhow.
We would have made a bolt of it if we'd had a chance, but we never had, night nor day, not half a one.

The police were civil, but they never left us, and slept by us at night.

That is, one watched while the other slept.

We began to sleep soundly ourselves and to have a better appetite.