Harry remembering his geography and the descriptions of nations would have taken them for a gathering of Turkish women, if their masculine faces had been hidden.
"What under the moon are those ?" he whispered.

"They do look curious," replied St.Clair.

"They call them Zouaves, and I think they're from New York.

It's a copy of a French military costume which, unless I'm mistaken, France uses in Algeria." "They'd certainly make a magnificent target on the battlefield.

A Kentucky or Tennessee rifleman who'd miss such a target would die of shame." "Maybe.