No sooner was he put in the guard room, where half a dozen soldiers were with him, than he sank into a heavy sleep.

He was too tired, in fact, to realize to the full how serious the matter was.
But in the morning, when he was roused to partake of a meal, the full and dreadful peril of his situation came over him.

There was something appalling about the way in which his guards looked at him.

Most of all, there was a terrible quality in the sympathy of the young lieutenant who paid him a hurried visit.
"I did not know, of course," he said, quickly.

"I should have had to take you to him, just as I did, but I should have prepared you for what was coming.