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`` Not much , father ; I feel numbed and stupid . '' `` Now , Dunlop , '' Colonel Warrener said , `` will you relieve Dick on guard at the steps ? You may as well say good-by to him . It is about eight o'clock now , and in a couple of hours he will be off . After he has gone I will relieve you . Then a four hours ' watch each will take us to daylight ; there wo n't be much sleeping after that . '' By ten o'clock the noise in the rebel camp had nearly ceased .