38/40 "I feel it in every bone of me. I've seen his face tonight." "No, he won't," said the experienced sergeant, "because he's making every preparation to stay. An' remember, Mr.Pennington, that while this is pretty bad, worse can happen. Remember, too, that while we can stand this, we can also stand whatever worse may come. It's goin' to be a fight to a finish." Far in the night the occasional guns from the Southern fortress ceased. |