Only good to go and fight wi' women." "It's of no good," said Mark bitterly.

"I feel done.

I haven't had a single cut or thrust at one of the brutes; neither have you.

We can't do it." "I don't like to say so," said Ralph, "but my father was a soldier, and he said a good officer never wasted his men." "Well, we're wasting ours," said Mark bitterly, "We must give up, and come again." "Stop," whispered Ralph.

"I know.