ready to find fault with others as those who do things worthy of blame themselves the was amused at s n ve way of referring to her advice as if it had been a valuable present to a hostile leader who was saved by it from making a blunder of and then he went on to admire how she had deceived that man and yet had not told him ii recollections op op arc that was not the truth this troubled and she said i thought he was deceiving himself i to tell him lies for that would have been wrong but if my truths deceived him perhaps that made them lies and i am to blame i would god i knew if i have done wrong she was assured that she had done right and that in the perils and necessities of war that help one s own cause and hurt the enemy s were always but she was not quite satisfied with that and thought that even when a great cause was in danger one ought to have the privilege of trying honorable ways first said you told us yourself that you were going to uncle s to nurse his wife but you didn t say you were going further yet you did go on to there i see now said i told no lie yet i deceived i had tried all other ways first but i could not get away and i had to get away my mission required it i did wrong i think and am to blame she was silent a moment turning the matter over in her mind then she added with quiet decision but the thing itself was right and i would do it again it seemed an over nice distinction but nobody said anything if we had known her as well as she knew herself and as her later history revealed her to us we should have perceived that she had a r i mark twain meaning there and that her position was not identical with ours as we were supposing but occupied a higher plane she would sacrifice herself � and her best self that is her � to save her cause but only that she would not buy her life at that cost whereas our war permitted the purchase of or any mere advantage small or great by deception her saying seemed a commonplace at that time the essence of its meaning escaping us but one sees now that it contained a principle which lifted it above that and made it great and fine presently the wind died down the stopped falling and the cold was less severe the road was become a and the horses labored through it at a walk � they could do no better as the heavy time wore on exhaustion overcame us and we slept in not even the dangers that threatened us could keep us awake this tenth night seemed longer than any of the others and of course it was the hardest because we had been fatigue from the beginning and had more of it on hand now than at any previous time but we were not again when the dull dawn came at last we saw a river before us and we knew it was the we entered the town of and knew we were in a friendly land with the all behind us that was a glad morning for us we were a worn and and troop and still as always was the of us all in both body and spirits we u recollections op op arc had above thirteen a night by and wretched roads it was a remarkable march and shows what men can do when they have a leader with a determined purpose and a resolution that never flags i chapter v we rested and otherwise refreshed ourselves two or three at but by that time the news was abroad that the young girl of god to deliver was come wherefore such a press of people to our quarters to get sight of her that it seemed best to seek a place so we pushed on and halted at a small village called we were now within six of the king who was at the castle of dictated a letter to him at once and i wrote it in it she said she had come a hundred and fifty to bring him good news and begged the privilege of delivering it in person she added that although she had never seen him she would know him in any disguise and point him out the two knights rode away at once with the letter the troop slept all the afternoon and after supper we felt pretty fresh and fine especially our little group of we had the comfortable tap room of the village inn to ourselves and for the first time in ten long days were from and terrors and hardships and labors the was suddenly become his ancient self again and was recollections of of arc up and down a very monument of self complacency said i think it is wonderful the way he has brought us through who asked why the the seemed not to hear what had he to do with it asked d arc everything it was nothing but s confidence in his discretion that enabled her to keep up her heart she could depend on us and on herself for but discretion is the winning thing in war after all discretion is the and of qualities and he has got more of it than any other man in � more of it perhaps than any other men in you are getting ready to make a fool of yourself said the and you want to some of that long tongue of yours around neck and stick the end of it in your ear then you ll be the less likely to get into trouble i 