"There is no one else. I asked her."
"And--how--long----"
"To name a time, I should say a year."
"A great deal may happen in a year. We may all be dead."
"The chances are that this will be a year of great happenings," said Eager gravely. "The issues are in God's hands. May He grant us all a safe deliverance!"
"You really think it will be war?" asked the boy quickly. "I fear so!"
Jack sat gazing steadily into the fire and limned coming glories in the dancing flames.
"A year's a terrible long time to wait when you feel like a starving dog. But if there's a war . . . yes--that would make it pass quicker."
"Have you said anything to your grandfather about this matter?"
"How could we till we knew which----"