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B and C Companies could be depended upon to follow Prescott and Holmes wherever these two young West Pointers cared to lead them . `` Gentlemen , '' announced Captain Cortland at last , `` we have the two prisoners in the guard house , and we have a guard over Cerverra 's place . We 'll take counsel of the night and of sleep . In the morning , at eight o'clock , we 'll meet here to deliberate further on this puzzling matter . By the morning our whole duty may be extremely clear to us . '' The visiting officers arose , saluted and took their leave . `` That is all for to-night , Sergeant Overton , '' announced the captain .