“But everything has proved that the enemy is too stubborn for that.”
“He has never been in such a fix as this yet, my boy.”
“But he has equal chances with us, Serge, and may fight to the last and drive us back.”
“Not when he finds out the truth.”
“That our men are better disciplined than his?”
“No, boy; he must have found that out long ago. Not that, but that, as I said before, he has been completely out-manoeuvred by your father.”
“Well, you said that before, Serge,” said Marcus, impatiently; “but I don’t see matters as you do, though I have tried very hard.”
“Then you ought to have seen,” cried the old soldier, gruffly. “The captain is still holding the pass, isn’t he?”
“Yes, we have heard so.”
“Well, boy, knowing him, do you think he will go on holding it without doing anything when we advance and close the enemy in more and more?”