"What?"
"Do the doctors think I will recover?"
"I—don't—know."
"Speak, child; do you think I am afraid? Speak out."
"They—"
"Speak out."
"They think that you are in—"
"Danger?"
"Yes."
"I believe them," reiterated the major. "A man rarely gets over this sort of operation. I have seen enough of it since I came to Ladysmith. Well, we must all join the great majority some time, and I suppose my turn has come."