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The men broke up into little knots, some to smoke, some to chat, and some to snatch a cat-nap if they could elude the vigilance of the second-mate, which they had already discovered was no very difficult achievement. The two apprentices in the watch were keeping a look-out in the waist, the one to windward and the other to leeward.
Well, I seemed to be in the open river again by and by, but I couldn't hear no sign of a whoop nowheres. I reckoned Jim had fetched up on a snag, maybe, and it was all up with him. I was good and tired, so I laid down in the canoe and said I wouldn't bother no more. I didn't want to go to sleep, of course; but I was so sleepy I couldn't help it; so I thought I would take jest one little cat-nap.
Uncle William sat up from a cat-nap, rubbing his eyes and blinking a little. "I cal'ate to stay quite a spell yet." He stretched his great legs slowly, first one and then the other, as if testing them. Reproach filled the artist's eyes. "You've not lain down all night!" "Didn't need to," said Uncle William. He got to his feet briskly. "I slep' a good deal comin' down in the boat.
"Come," exclaimed Gavroche mentally, "here's a nook!" and he curled up in it. His back was almost in contact with Father Mabeuf's bench. He could hear the octogenarian breathe. Then, by way of dinner, he tried to sleep. It was a cat-nap, with one eye open. While he dozed, Gavroche kept on the watch.
My description of the uninterrupted labors of the crew on board the Clarissa may induce the inquiry how the ship's company could do with so little sleep, and even if a sailor could catch a cat-nap occasionally in his watch, what must become of the officers, who are supposed to be wide awake and vigilant during the hours they remain on deck?
Well, I seemed to be in the open river again by and by, but I couldn't hear no sign of a whoop nowheres. I reckoned Jim had fetched up on a snag, maybe, and it was all up with him. I was good and tired, so I laid down in the canoe and said I wouldn't bother no more. I didn't want to go to sleep, of course; but I was so sleepy I couldn't help it; so I thought I would take jest one little cat-nap.
I don't believe that much of our belongings have been destroyed," said Tom. Instead of starting for camp, the girls sank down in their tracks, and dropped instantly into a sleep of exhaustion. Neither man made an effort to arouse them. "I wish I might do that too. What do you say if we take just one little cat-nap, Tom?" urged Hippy. "Can't be done. The fire might start again."
When I had made all tight to my perfect satisfaction, I lay down to sleep again this time quite certain that I should get something more than a mere "cat-nap." I was not disappointed. I slept for a period of twelve hours' duration not without many fearful dreams terrible encounters with crabs and rats.
He yawned, actually gaped an open-mouthed, audible, undeniable yawn! "Are you tired, Charlie?" I asked in accents of wifely anxiety. Tired! Poor fellow! he ought to have been, for he had ridden all over the plantation that day, had written two business letters, and smoked there's no telling how many cigars, and had only taken one little cat-nap after dinner. "Talk to me about her, Charlie dear."
"Please give the Riders the tent equipment to carry and assist them to lash the stuff on. Everything else has gone forward." "All right, old ma-an. Can't give me five minutes for a cat-nap, can you?" begged Hippy. "Turn out!" Hippy yawned and got up.
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