Some such thought was in the mind of the Colonel, for he remarked, “The rebels must be enjoying it.�
“There are two sides to that question,� replied Verney.
“How two, sir?� asked Grimstone.
“Oh, we cannot move,� said the Count. “Not even the great Frederick ever made a campaign in winter.�
“Who wants to move? I do not,� growled the Colonel.
“I would try it, if I were Sir William.�
“And how?� asked the Colonel.
“Well, this way,� said Verney.
He rose, and taking a sheet of paper from a desk near by sat down again and rapidly drew the course of the river Schuylkill. “This way. March five thousand men up each side of the river, cross on the ice from this side, and attack on both sides at once.�
The Count looked up. “That is just what Major Montresor is urging Sir William to do, and at once. He hesitates——�