Captain Colton readily gave John permission to enter one of them and roll himself in the blankets.
It was still an hour of dawn, but the night was light.

Fires yet burned here and there in Chastel, where not a single building now stood unharmed, save the cathedral.

The mutter of the cannon came from the vast front both to east and to west.
John looked into the great misty world and his face was turned toward the east.

He had no doubt that Auersperg had gone in that direction with Julie, and he meant to find her.

But how?
He prayed silently for the coming of Lannes with the _Arrow._ For such a search as this the swift aeroplane could serve while one might plod in vain over the ground.
Lannes would come before the next night! He must come! If he had made an appointment for such a meeting nothing could delay him more than a day.
He did not have any great fear for Julie's present safety.