Then he sighed.

"Oh, well, I s'pose we got licked," he remarked sadly.
The youth had a thought that it would not be handsome for him to freely condemn other men.

He made an attempt to restrain himself, but the words upon his tongue were too bitter.

He presently began a long and intricate denunciation of the commander of the forces.
"Mebbe, it wa'n't all his fault--not all together.

He did th' best he knowed.