'But then, of course, my Captain won't let me be beaten, if I stick
close to Him.'

And so they talked, a strange couple; but the younger of them had a faith
which the elder might envy, and a grasp of the unseen that the ripest
saint could not surpass.

Not long after this, Teddy and his schoolfellows were having a
delightful afternoon in the woods. It was Saturday afternoon, and they
were playing their favourite war game, Teddy, of course, being prime
instigator of the whole affair. A few of the more adventurous girls had
joined them, Nancy amongst them. Her respect for Teddy was gradually
increasing, though nothing seemed to quench her self-assertion and
independence of thought and action. At length Teddy announced his
intention of going off on an expedition as a scout, and on Nancy's
insisting that she should come too, the two children started, made their
way out of the wood and down to the banks of the stream, which soon
joined the river.

'What have we to do?' asked Nancy.

'It's great fun. You see, every one we meet is an enemy, and we have to
get past them without them seeing us; we must crawl through the long
grass, or we must climb a tree, or get through the bushes; all kinds of
adventures we have.'

'And if we don't meet anybody?'

'That's why I came down this way: there are always a lot of people