“Ay, lad, what is it?”
“Can I do anything at all?”
“Nay, boy. Get ’ee back to bed.”
She did not suspect that he had not been in bed.
He resumed his watch and kept it up until daylight. He scarcely heard a sound from below, except an occasional slight sigh, or motion from the old woman, who, like all aged persons, was a very light sleeper.
When morning dawned, David heard his grandmother rise and open the windows.
Then he called down the stairs once more:
“Granny——”
“Ay, lad.”
“Can I help you now?”