The Hidden Children by Robert William Chambers Chapter 21 Page 10

“And you had better tell that to the General when he comes,” remarked Boyd. And to me he said: “If we are to take Amochol at all, it will be this night or at dawn at the Chinisee Castle.”

“I am also of that opinion,” said I.

“I shall want twenty riflemen,” he said.

“If it can not be done with four, and my Indians, we need not attempt it.”

“Why?” he asked sullenly.

“The General has so ordered.”

“Yes, but if I am to catch Amochol I must do it in my own way. I know how to do it. And if I risk taking my twenty riflemen, and am successful, the General will not care how it was accomplished.”