Ned and Obed, rolling into easier positions, talked cheerfully.
"I don't think they'll try to rush us," said Obed.

"The Mexicans are not afraid to charge breastworks, but they'll hardly think we two are worth the price they would have to pay.

Perhaps they'll try to starve us out." "And that they can't do because we have provisions for several days." "But they don't know it.

Nor do we want to stay here for several days, Ned.

Texas is calling to us, and we should be traveling northward instead of lying under a rock besieged by Mexicans." But they were compelled anew to make heavy drafts upon their patience.
The Mexicans kept quiet a long time.