Chapter-12 She made her way toward them and, in one of those odd silences which sometimes fall on a gathering, she heard Willie Guinan, of the militia outfit, say plainly: Do I understand, sir, that you mean the Cause for which our heroes have died is not

She made her way toward them and, in one of those odd silences which sometimes fall on a gathering, she heard Willie Guinan, of the militia outfit, say plainly: Do I understand, sir, that you mean the Cause for which our heroes have died is not sacred?