“As Colwell approached, Norman was saying to the man,—
“‘There is the Lieutenant.’
“And he added to Colwell,—
“‘This is Sergeant Brainard.’
“Brainard immediately drew himself up to the ‘Position of the soldier,’ and was about to salute, when Colwell took his hand.
“At this moment there was a confused murmur within the tent, and a voice said,—
“‘Who’s there?’
“Norman answered, ‘It’s Norman—Norman who was in the Proteus.’
“This was followed by cries of ‘Oh, it’s Norman!’ and a sound like a feeble cheer.
“Meanwhile one of the relief party, who in his agitation and excitement was crying like a child, was down on his hands and knees trying to roll away the stones that held down the flapping tent cloth.... There was no entrance, except under the flap opening, which was held down by stones. Colwell called for a knife, cut a slit in the tent cover, and looked in.”