Both he and the boys used their glasses and they distinctly saw the Southern masses.
"Will they try to cross, sir ?" asked Dick of the colonel.
"I don't think so, but if they do we ought to beat them back.

Meanwhile, Dick, my boy, every day's delay is a fresh card in our hand.

McClellan is landing his army at Aquia Creek, whence it can march in two days to a junction with us, when we would become overwhelming and irresistible.
But I wish it didn't take so long to disembark an army!" The note of anxiety in his voice did not escape Dick.

"You wish then to be sure of the junction between our two armies before Lee and Jackson strike ?" "Yes, Dick.

That is what is on my mind.