"It couldn't be better.

It is on soldiers that my amazing discovery should be proved.

But I waste time---and loss of time may be fatal to all my plans.

A few turns, and my discovery is ready.

I can then defy whole armies, if necessary!" Sweeping the mortar around within reach, so that he could work and watch the Grammar School boys at the same time, Amos Garwood began to grind his pestle into the mixture with feverish energy.
Then all of a sudden the very earth shook and rocked.