Lockyer

Among the wounded were Captain Lockyer, in command, and other officers.

He called into consultation the learned Benchley and the astute Sanders and the soft and sly Lockyer junior.

Lockyer shifted uneasily at these evidences of unimpaired mentality and undaunted spirit.

Lockyer gave him a hearty handclasp, made a few phrases about good wishes and the like, left him alone.

It was no silly vaunt of optimism for him to tell Lockyer that only loss of life or loss of mind could dislodge him.