His wife persuaded him to go into the small cabin and rest.

She promised to call him if the least danger appeared.

She said that she was only too willing to stand as sentinel until the sun-rise.

It was only through a knowledge of the determined spirit, good judgment, quick eye, and self possession of his wife that he was induced to retire to rest.
The children unconscious of the dangers surrounding them, were nestled together in the small cabin like young birds in a nest.

During four long hours nothing unusual occurred to break the stillness of the night.