Sergeant Whitley, with his age and experience, was most useful now in restraining the impatient young men.

Although of but humble rank he kept them from exhausting either themselves or their horses.
"It will be long after dark before we can reach camp," said Captain Markham, sighing deeply.

"Confound such roads.

Why not call them morasses and have done with it!" "No, we can't make it much before midnight," said Dick, "but, after all, that will be early enough.

If I judge him right, even midnight won't catch General Thomas asleep." "You've judged him right," said Markham.