No warrior could pass there unseen by him.

Henry rejoined him.
"You watch from one side and I'll take the other," he said.
They did so, but the single room of the cabin was so small that they were only a few feet from each other, and could talk together in low tones.
"It will be a trial of patience," said Henry.

"The Indian always has more time than anybody else in the world, and he is willing to make the most of it." Paul, too, knew that Shawnees, no matter what their numbers, would not yet risk a headlong attack on the cabin, and now his curiosity as to what they would do was aroused.

It was surprise that Henry and he must guard against.

What was to be expected?
His sense of curiosity was as keenly aroused as his sense of danger.
Over an hour dragged slowly by, minute by minute.