"Are they coming yet?"
"Do you think they will come?"
"Are you sure it's going to be war?"
"Will they shell the town?"
"There'll be time enough for you to get away!" shouted the major. "All we know is what is written in our instructions, and we shall act on them when the thing starts. Then we are in command. Meanwhile, get ready!"
A lieutenant of a detachment of engineers coming at the double from a cross street stopped to inquire:
"This way to the knitting mills?"
"Straight ahead! Can't go wrong!" the major answered.
"We are going to loophole their walls for the infantry," explained the lieutenant as he hurried on.
"Then they're going to fight in the town!"