"A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right-hand;
but it shall not come nigh thee."
"What the devil can it mean?" soliloquised the soldier. "Latin it must
be! Some prayer for these dead rebels, I suppose!"
While thus alluding to the corpses that lay near, he once more glanced
towards them. All at once it appeared to him that their number had
increased!
"I must have made a mistake," muttered he to himself; "I surely counted
only nine of them a moment ago; and yet now there was surely ten--one,
two, three--yes, ten!"