30/46 They come like a band of warriors with scouts and skirmishers, and I can see that they have a force massed in the center for the main rush." "In a few more seconds you can take the wolf on the right. Bury your arrow in his throat. Now that the moment has come your hand is steady, your nerves are firm, and even in the dusk I can see that your eyes are bright." It was true. Robert's imagination had painted the danger in the most vivid colors, but now, that it was here, the beat of his pulse was as regular as the ticking of a clock. |