Yes, old age would capture Alcatraz before such men as these.

For this trail there was needed a spirit as much superior to other men in tireless endurance and in speed as Alcatraz was superior to other horses.

There was needed a man who stood among his fellows as Alcatraz had stood on the hillcrest, defiant, lordly, and free.

And as the thought drove home in her, Marianne uttered a little cry of triumph.

All in a breath she had it.