ONE:The driver of the ambulance did not know why he had been ordered to report here, but when the Widow Roy came to the door she brought explanation enough. A courier had come to her and gone again, and the chaplain and the surgeon and every one else of any "army sort" except us two had "put out," and she was in a sad flurry. "The Lieutenant," she said, "writes in this-yeh note that this-yeh place won't be safe f'om the Yankees much longer'n to-day, and fo' us to send the wounded lady in the avalanch. Which she says, her own self, it'd go rough with her to fall into they hands again. My married daughter she's a-goin' with her, and the'd ought to be a Mr. Sm'--oh, my Lawdy! you ain't reg-lahly in the ahmy, air you?"I waved her away and went back into the room; the Captain had called. He asked the time of night; I said it was well after two; he murmured, was quiet, and after a moment spoke my name. I answered, and he whispered "Coralie Rothvelt--she's here; I--recognized her voice--when they were singing. Did you know I knew her?"
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ONE:It was the sweetest question my ear had ever caught, and I asked her, I scarce know how, if I might still say "do hope"."What is that?"
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ONE:He found his razor, plunged it into cold waterhe had forgotten to ask Mrs. Flack for hot, and couldn't be bothered nowand lathered his face thoughtfully.THIRD-CLASS PASSENGERS. THIRD-CLASS PASSENGERS.
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