"Six hours more," said Duncan, looking at his watch. "Only six hours between us and triumph. Only six hours--and we must lose all, simply because the men are done up."
"We'll do it yet," answered young Temple.
"We never can. Those fellows are done for, I tell you. I know the symptoms. They've lost their morale , lost the ambition for success. I've seen soldiers fall in precisely that way, too far gone even to shelter themselves from a cannonade."
For the first time in his life, Guilford Duncan realized that there is such a thing as the Impossible. For the first time, he recognized the fact that there may be things which even courage and determination cannot achieve.
The simple fact was that the long strain had at last begun to tell, even upon his resolute spirit. For three days and nig
