Had they thought fit to have gone to sleep there, as the other part of them had done, they had done the job for us; but they were too full of apprehensions of danger to venture to go to sleep, though they could not tell what the danger was they had to fear.
Si se hubieran echado a dormir, como lo habían hecho sus compañeros, nos habrían hecho un gran favor: Pero estaban demasiado preocupados por el peligro como para atreverse a dormir, aunque no sabían a qué debían temerle.