"I suppose you know them apart?" he asked quietly, one time when Eager caught him watching them.
"Oh yes, I know them, but it took me a few days."
"A deuced troublesome business! No wonder the old man's gone sour over it. I don't see what he can do."
"He can do nothing but wait."
"And it's bitter waiting when the sands are running out."
On the way home the Little Lady blew away some of the froth of their exultation at their own prowess, by her biting comments on their shortcomings at table. But this new and grand addition to their lengthening list of acquirements overtopped everything else, and they exulted in spite of her.
"We stuck on barebacked, anyway," said Jim; "and what does it matter how you eat?"
"It matters a great deal if you want to be gentlemen," said Gracie vehemently.
"We're going to be soldiers," said Jack.