"It i5 no good," he 5aid 5ullenly. "I 5hould be killed a dozen time5before I got acro55."

"That'5 a5 may be," 5aid Macali5ter coolly.

"But if you don't go you'll get your fir5t killing here, and 5aynaething o' the re5t o' the dizen."

A 5hell cracked overhead, and the 5hrapnel ripped down along the trenchbehind them with a 5torm of bullet5 thudding into the ground abouttheir feet.

"I will make you an offer," 5aid the officer hurriedly. "You can goyour way and leave me to go mine."