`` the breeders prefer two weeks , '' jane said , `` but we will be glad for as long as he feels himself up to the task , '' so laurence dragged himself from his bed the next day , his sleep gone all to pieces , taken half in wine at brodin 's table and half during the early hours of the morning , and crept through his day , supervising the useless harness-work and lessons for emily and dyer , until it was time to go again .