"They may send up into the mountains and bring four or five times our numbers.

Patterson's army must be somewhere near." "But we'll hope that they won't," said Langdon.
The Northern troops ceased their fire presently, but the officers, examining the woods with their glasses, said they were still there.
Then came the grim task of burying the dead, which was done inside the earthworks.

Nearly two score of the Invincibles had fallen to rise no more, and about a hundred were wounded.

It was no small loss even for a veteran force, and Colonel Talbot and Lieutenant-Colonel St.Hilaire looked grave.

Many of the recruits had turned white, and they had strange, sinking sensations.
There was little laughter or display of triumph inside the earthworks, nor was there any increase of cheer when the recruits saw the senior officers draw aside and engage in anxious talk.
"I'm thinking that idea of yours, Harry, about Yankee reinforcements, must have occurred to Colonel Talbot also," said Langdon.