Into the blankets with you!" He did not wait to see his order obeyed, but strode away on another hasty errand.

But it was obeyed and that, too, without delay.

The young warriors rolled themselves in their blankets and hunted a soft place for their heads.

But their nerves were not yet quiet, and sleep did not come for a little while.

The long lines of fires still glowed, and the sounds of an army came to them.