To remain quiet is all we can do, and how can we accomplish that better than by going to sleep?
_Sacre_! I am a soldier, and not apt to make light of a guard, yet," and he stifled a yawn, "I see no necessity here, nor could I be more completely played after a night of dancing at a Creole ball." Thus the matter was agreed upon, not altogether to my liking, but I yielded owing to too great weariness to argue.

At first Madame protested she could not sleep, yet finally consented to lie down.

As to myself my head had scarcely pressed the soft pillow of grass before I was lost in slumber.
A blessing of youth lies in the fact that sleep then truly gives rest.
The tired body responds so thoroughly to the gentle touch of slumber that the latter becomes a magician capable of restoring every faculty to complete power.

It was thus I rested motionless, and it was nearly evening before I stirred, although the sun must have been streaming directly across my upturned face for hours.

I awoke to perfect consciousness of our situation, as naturally as ever in a bed at home.
Dimly impressed that some unusual noise had aroused me, I immediately sat upright.