7/38 The people of the South--little immigration had gone there--were knit together more closely by ties of kinship than those of the North. Harry through the maternal line was, like most Kentuckians, of Virginia descent, and even here in Winchester he had found cousins, more or less removed it was true, but it was kinship, nevertheless, and they had made the most of it. It would have been easier for him were strangers instead of friends to see their retreat. It is obvious that you need rest," said Jackson. "Mr.Kenton, you will wait and take the orders that I am going to write." Sherburne saluted and withdrew promptly. |