I will look after the camp for the rest of the night." Without a word Lieutenant Wingate went to his tent.

He was ashamed of himself despite his former assertion that Nora Wingate always provided this emotion for him.
"I think I'll ask Emma to sit up and 'con-centrate' to keep me awake after this," muttered Hippy, and then lost himself in slumber.
The camp once more settled down and was not again disturbed, but Grace kept her vigil ceaselessly through the rest of the night.

The girls did not know the details of the disturbance until breakfast next morning when Grace told them all she knew about the occurrence.

After breakfast she and Hippy searched the ground about the camp and found traces of their visitor.

In leaving he had made no effort to hide his trail, probably having been in too great a hurry, but Grace did not consider it worth while to try to follow the trail.
"We must make time, you know," she told her companions upon returning to camp.