Tell me, Lieutenant, can you kill men wholesale ?" "Yes, my Captain." "Sleeping men, who cannot resist you?
Can you kill them scientifically, in masses, without anger ?" "How do you know now, my Captain, that it will not be in anger ?" And the Frenchman half eased himself up on hands and knees, peering forward into the night.

"After what these Beni Harb--or their close kin--have done to me and to poor Lebon--listen! What was that ?" "What do you mean ?" "That far, roaring noise ?" "It is nothing! A little wind, maybe; but it is nothing, nothing! Come, I am ready for the work!" The Master stood up.

Rrisa followed suit.

No longer crawling, but walking erect, they advanced.

They still used caution, careful to make no noise; but confidence had entered into them.