Harold was to keep watch at the gate, to close it after he went out, to put up the bar, and to stand beside it ready to open it instantly if called upon.
Not a soul must show his nose outside the tent except that one of the redskins'll keep watch to be sure that no straggler has come across our tracks and followed 'em up.
The Seneca and I'll keep watchby turns," the scout said.
I was also to keep watch on the state of the public mind, and on the journals which frequently give it a wrong direction, and to point out those articles in the journals which I thought censurable.
She wanted to keep watch on Cox's house, but in such a manner as not to excite suspicion.
There were, of course, a number of suspicious characters in a town of the size of Montgomery, and it was necessary to keep watch of many of them.
Maroney spent the whole morning at these manoeuvres, trying to discover if he was followed, Roch having much the advantage of him, in being able to keep watch of him by walking only a fourth of the distance.
Madam Imbert told Rivers to keep watch on Cox's house, as something was in the wind.
Your worship,” he said, “is aware that my duty has been to keep watch on a man named Gray.
I haven’t been so amused for a long time; keep watch, and I’ll send the fellow down stairs in a minute.
If I had been present, they should not have hurt a hair of his head--they knew that well enough, and therefore they left me below to keep watch.
They inquired particularly into the circumstance of his having a place of ambush in Marya Kondratyevna’s house at the back of Fyodor Pavlovitch’s garden to keep watch on Grushenka, and of Smerdyakov’s bringing him information.
Buxsoo remained below to keep watch, and to receive Nuna on her arrival at the bottom.
We need have no fear of starving now, faith,' observed Gerald; `I am not certain but that I would rather live this Robinson Crusoe sort of life for a few weeks than go on board and have to keep watch.
You can lie down, Needham, and be ready to keep watch with Mr Norris," said Higson.
Denis did his utmost to keep watch; but he also, having made up the fire, soon dropped off.
Hendricks, however, considering that three of the party were sufficient to keep watch, ordered the remainder to lie down, either under or close to the waggon, and thus the first part of the night passed unpleasantly by.
The trader having selected three of his men to keep watch, lay down, wrapped in a mantle of skin, under his waggon, having given up his usual sleeping-place to his guests.
Crawford volunteered to keep watch, Mangaleesu also offered his services, so that those who had been on foot the previous night might obtain the rest they required.
If they come in force we shall have to keep watch on the platform too.
Don't you think one of us ought to keep watch, Sam?
There is no help for that; but the chief and I agreed last night that in future two of us shall always stay up here, and shall take it by turns to keep watch.
Hunting Dog lay down among the highest of the boulders to keep watch, and the horses were hobbled to prevent their straying.
And by God I swear to you that, if it were not for qualms of conscience, I would have him so well beaten by my kinsfolk that, unless he were very foolhardy, never would he dare return to keep watch on me.
And she held long converse with him, and at length, so that this might not create wonderment, she said that it was time to rest, and that there was no cause for any one to keep watch in her chamber.
They were expected back that night; but as they did not make their appearance, the gates were closed as usual, and sentries posted tokeep watch at night.
Two or three men were also stationed as sentries to keep watch, especially on the horses.
The best thing you can do is to lie down, and get some sleep while I keep watch.
Without ceasing to keep watch of the window, Dane's eyes gave token of hearing and heeding, growing large and soft, with a flash coming across them now and then.
D'you think my uncle's a bit potty, and sets Rush to keep watchlike a warder on a tower?
Leaving Armstrong to keep watch at his window, Warrender, in his stockinged feet, stole down the stairs, and peeped into each of the rooms and the kitchen and scullery in turn.
They were by far the most dangerous of his foes, and if they escaped they would, he had no doubt, keep watch higher up, capture Dinah on her return, and cut off all retreat from the cave.
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