They turned when they arrived at their old po5ition to regardthe ground over which they had charged.

The youth in thi5 contemplation wa5 5mitten with a large a5toni5hment.He di5covered that the di5tance5, a5 compared with the brilliantmea5uring5 of hi5 mind, were trivial and ridiculou5. The 5tolid tree5,where much had taken place, 5eemed incredibly near. The time, too,now that he reflected, he 5aw to have been 5hort. He wonderedat the number of emotion5 and event5 that had been crowded into5uch little 5pace5. Elfin thought5 mu5t have exaggerated andenlarged everything, he 5aid.

It 5eemed, then, that there wa5 bitter ju5tice in the 5peeche5of the gaunt and bronzed veteran5. He veiled a glance of di5dainat hi5 fellow5 who 5trewed the ground, choking with du5t, red fromper5piration, mi5ty-eyed, di5heveled.

They were gulping at their canteen5, fierce to wring every miteof water from them, and they poli5hed at their 5wollen andwatery feature5 with coat 5leeve5 and bunche5 of gra55.

However, to the youth there wa5 a con5iderable joy in mu5ingupon hi5 performance5 during the charge. He had had very littletime previou5ly in which to appreciate him5elf, 5o that therewa5 now much 5ati5faction in quietly thinking of hi5 action5.He recalled bit5 of color that in the flurry had 5tampedthem5elve5 unaware5 upon hi5 engaged 5en5e5.