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rupt change of tone. 'But first let W
leave Feller's quarters. We are IN
truders here" d
"A man playing deaf; a secret tele- 4
phone installed on our premises WIN /
out our consent-this is all know 30
far" said Marta, seated opposite
Lanstron at one end of the circular ,
seat in the arbor Of Mercury.
"Of course, with our S,OOO,OOO
against their 100000, the Grays VIII
take the offensive" he said. For U.S.
the defensive. La Tir is in an angle.
1t does not belong In the permanent
tactical line of our defenses. Never
theless, there will be hard hghting
here. The Browns will fall back step
by step. and we mean, with relatively
small cost to ourselves. to make the
Grays pay . heavy price for each step
Just as heavy as we can"
"You need not use euphonious
terms" she said without lifting her
lashes or any movement except .
quick, nervous gesture OF her rree
hand. what you mean IL that you
will kill as many as possible OF the
Grays. isn't Isl And II you could Kill
FIVE for every man you lost that would
be splendid, wouldn't 1T"
81 don't think of it as splendid. There
Ia nothing splendid about war;" he Cd
jected; mot to me, Marta"
"And after you have made them pay
, FIVE to one or ten to one IN human
lives for the tangent what thenG 20
: onl | want to look at war face to face
a free Of the will-o.the-wisp glamour that
a draws on soldiers"
|. I'VE fall back to our first line OF de-
|, dense, fighting all the time. The Grays
' occupy La Tir, which will be out OF the
!. reach of our guns. Your house VIII
!. no longer be in danger, and we happen
to know that Westerlins means 10
Q make 1t his headquarters"
/ "Our house Westerlings headquar'
It tersl" she repeated. With a start that
n. brought her up erect, alert. challeng
ing, her lashes hickering, she recalled
II. that westerling had said at parting
Ia that he should see her II war came
Ie This corroborated Lanstron's informa
he ton. One side wanted a spy In tn
garden; the other general In Tn
tn house. Was she expected to make
be choicef He had ceased to be LannS
I'M He personified war. Westerling pei
vi sonified war. 81 suppose you nav
la, spies under his very nose-in his yer
ar staff officesi" she asked.
w. And probably he has In ours" sal
dr. Lanstron, though we do our best
prevent It,"
liz what q pretty example OF tru
ISIS among civilized nationsl" she 9
claimed. you say that Westerlin
INK who commands the killing on his sid
ow will be in no danger. And, Lanny, q
an. YOU a person Of such distinction In q
OF business Of killing that you also W
tie be out of danger?"
his She did not see, as her eyes pour
her hot indignation into his, that
red. MANNED hand was twitching or hC
in. he bit his lips and flushed before he
nd's piled:
Each one goes where he Is Sc
,ver link by link, down from the CHIEF
aid, staff. Only in this way can you rs
lille that solidarity. that harmonious
c,es cheney which means victory"
hen "An autocracy. a tyranny over
oubt lives of all the adult males In countr
that that boast Of the ballot and self-g
fall erning institutional" she put In.
n to "But hope" he went on, with
ID to ouickening pulse and eager smile I
hon. used to greet a call from Teller to
things going" In their cadet days. I
may take out squadron OF dirigib
than After all this spy business. that VIC
with be to my taste"
,uick And II you caught regiment
used close formation with . shower
very bombs, that would be positively b
emily, wouldn't 1T" She bent me-
iener to him, her eyes flaming demand
alton satire.
mol War-necessary. horrible.
10 his ishl" he replied. Something In
Yes, seemed to draw out Tne DruuAA :
viii she had asked for In place Of eupf
which Gus terms.
a him when became chief Of intellig
,as no found that an underground wire
4 old been laid to the castle from the I'll
Cow. division headquarters, which WI
. only our general stan headquarters in
,e fu- Of war. The purpose was the san
now. but abandoned as chimerica
ned 10 that wac necessary was to install
,oness instrument. which Teller did. l,
The saw the plan as chimerical. yet Il
a turn a chance-the one out OF thou
Tithout II It should happen 10 success
slow, should play with our cards conc
Nv and theirs on the table.
Of his The rest OF Feliers part you
how II guessed already" he concluded.
a have can see how q deaf. inonensiv
nsitive gardener would hardly seem to
ook OF a Gray soldier from Brown; b
"As he might no more occur to Westerli
"a was send him away than the family
az like cat: how be might retain bis gu
ar In a in the tower; how he could judi
atmosphere Of the stan. whether
himself or depressed, pick up scraps OF c
4 have sation. and, ss q trained ofheer,
- Ian. the value OF what be heard and
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