И проиграли бой

           "Sure,Iguessso.AtfirstIwas.Andthentheystartedmarchingus,andIgotcoldallover.IcouldseejustwhatwouldhappenifIdropped.Ireallysawthatguyfalloverme,sawitbeforeithappened.Iwasmostlyscaredthey’dplugyou."

           Macsaid,"It’safunnything,Jim,howtheworsedangeryougetin,thelessitscaresyou.Oncethefussstarted,Iwasn’tscared.Istilldon’tlikethewaythatgunfelt."

           Jimlookedoutthroughthetentopening.Thenightseemedgreyincontrastwiththeblacknessinsidethetent.Footstepswentby,crushingthelittleclods."D’youthinkwe’llwinthisstrike,Mac?"

           "Weoughttogotosleep;butyouknow,Jim,Iwouldn’thavetoldyouthisbeforetonight:No,Idon’tthinkwehaveachancetowinit.Thisvalley’sorganized.They’llstartshooting,andthey’llgetawaywithit.Wehaven’tachance.Ifiguretheseguyshere’llprobablystartdesertingassoonasmuchtroublestarts.Butyoudon’twanttoworryaboutthat,Jim.Thethingwillcarryonandon.It’llspread,andsomeday—it’llwork.Somedaywe’llwin.We’vegottobelievethat."Heraisedupononeelbow."Ifwedidn’tbelievethat,wewouldn’tbehere.Docwasrightaboutinfection,butthatinfectionisinvestedcapital.We’vegottobelievewecanthrowitoff,beforeitgetsintoourheartsandkillsus.Youneverchange,Jim.You’realwayshere.Yougivemestrength."

           Jimsaid,"Harrytoldmerightatfirstwhattoexpect.Everybodyhatesus,Mac."

           "That’sthehardestpart,"Macagreed."Everybodyhatesus;ourownsideandtheenemy.