From that moment I was certain that we should triumph over these difficulties and that the end of them would be peace.
So sure was I that I ventured to take a nap, knowing that the slightest movement or sound would wake me.

I suppose I slept until six o'clock, when I was aroused by a footfall.

I sprang up, and saw before me one of our native servants.

He was trembling and his face was ashen beneath the black.

Moreover he could not speak.