Then he said, and with some regret: "There is a great difference between us.

You can wait and wait.

I want everything done within the year." Linforth laughed.

He knew very well the impulsiveness of his friend.
"If a few miles, or even a few furlongs, stand to my credit at the end, I shall not think that I have failed." They were both young, and they talked with the bright and simple faith in their ideals which is the great gift of youth.

An older man might have laughed if he had heard, but had there been an older man in the hut to overhear them, he would have heard nothing.