Boyd shook his head in silence. As for me, it was not my place
to speak, nor had I anything to suggest.
After a moment the Major said, more cheerfully:
"Well, well, gentlemen, who knows after all? We may find ways
and means. And now, one other matter remains to be settled, and I
think I may aid you."
He went to the door and opened it. The sentry who stood across
the hall came to him instantly and took his orders; and in a few
moments there entered the room four gentlemen to whom we were made
known by Major Lockwood. One of these was our Captain of Minute
Men. They were, in order, Colonel Sheldon, a fretful gentleman with
a face which seemed to me weak, almost stupid; Colonel Thomas, an
iron-grey, silent officer, stern but civil; Captain William
Fancher, a Justice of the Peace,
