He had five thousand soldiers on board, and, if he had landed them, we could have sallied out and fought, instead of dying of hunger." "Yes," Walter agreed, "we should have retired at once.

We have only seven or eight thousand men here now, and if five thousand English soldiers had landed, we must have raised the siege at once.

I can tell you that, though he is on the other side, I was almost as angry at Kirk's cowardice as you must have been.

I shall be glad when this awful business is over.
I knew it was bad enough before, but after what you have told me about the women and children, I shall never think of anything else, and I will gladly help you in any way I can.

There can't be any treason in trying to prevent children from starving to death.