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Updated: June 18, 2025
Van Derwater had also risen to his feet and with the utmost courtesy listened to Selwyn's outburst. More than ever there was a mystic atmosphere of the Past in his bearing. He might have been a diplomat of the sixteenth century bidding adieu to a thwarted enemy plenipotentiary.
'We have no hold over you, my boy; but in the name of this great Republic which is struggling against such odds for unification of her national life, I bid you remain at your post. I know that the son of my old friend Colonel Van Derwater will not question an order. Yours faithfully,
The attack broke, but fresh troops were thrown in, and the line was penetrated at several points. Van Derwater rallied his men, directed the defence, and time after time organised or led counter-attacks which restored their position. His voice rose sonorously above everything.
'Van, he said, his voice quivering with suppressed passion, 'I may have been blind I can see where I have injured you and many others but when you or Galley say that I have been trying to disrupt America, you lie. There is no one more passionately devoted to his country than I. 'Which is your country? said Van Derwater. Through the dim light of the room the eyes of the two men met.
What one missed in all their faces was a sense of the centuries. No not in all. At the table opposite to Selwyn was Gerard Van Derwater, whose self-composure and air of formal courtliness made him, as always, a man of distinctive, almost lonely, personality. 'Thank you very much, said Watson, as the applause and singing died away.
Bullets bit the ground near his feet, but, untouched, he went on, with the metal monster following behind. Once he fell, and a hush came over the watchers; but he rose and limped on. His face pale and grim, Van Derwater moved among his men, urging them to wait; but they cursed and yelled at the delay. Again Dick fell, and with difficulty stumbled to his feet.
'Mathews! Dick turned to his servant, and his voice shook with excitement 'there's a battle going on the other side of the river, and we're to report to Major Van Derwater. By heavens, Mathews! I feel half-mad with joy. They didn't get us after all, did they? We sha'n't be shot like curs, at any rate. Think of it, old man we've won out! They can't stop us now' His words stopped suddenly.
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