You have time and strength for the greatest of all tasks.

Find some other excuse, sir, if you talk of laying down the sword and picking up the shuttle." He looked back seawards.

His eyes were following the flight of a seagull, wheeling in the sunlight.
"I suppose you are right," he acknowledged.

"No man is too old for work." "I beg your pardon, sir." They turned abruptly around.

They had been so engrossed that they had not noticed the sound of footsteps.