helpless."

Fallows' bronzed head had sunk upon his chest. His eyes, red with
firelight, seemed lost to all expression. "I was thinking it would
happen in Germany first," he said.

A moment afterward he added: "There's a time when a man wants to die
for what he believes, and another time when he's afraid he will die
before he gets a chance to make his life count."

Again he paused, and then looked up to Mowbray. "It's a good omen.
That's the _real_ war.... And was it your cup?"

"Yes."

"You say that you are going out for the Galician service?"

"Yes, possibly with Kohlvihr's column."

"You will see much service," said Fallows. "That used to be our dream
--to see service. It will be easier seen with the Russians. They are
not so modern in method as the French or Germans, or even the
Japanese. Of course, war is the same. The nation at the end will win
on the fields, not in the skies. The sky fulfillment is reserved for a
better utility than war. But war belongs under the sea.... You will
not be suppressed so rigidly with the Russians. You will see the side
of the war which will have the most bearing on the future. I do not
believe France and Germany are in the future as Russia is--"

"And England?" Peter asked quickly.