Harry regarded him with some envy.

A temperament that could rejoice under any circumstances was truly worth having.
Sherburne reported to Ashby who in return sent him to the commander, Harry going with him to resume his place on the staff.

Jackson heard the report without comment and his face expressed nothing.

Harry could not see that he had changed much since he had come to join him.

A little thinner, a little more worn, perhaps, but he was the same quiet, self-contained man, whose blue eyes often looked over and beyond the one to whom he was talking, as if he were maturing plans far ahead.
Harry occupied a tent for the time with two or three other young officers, and being permitted a few hours off duty he visited his friends of the Invincibles, Colonel Leonidas Talbot and Lieutenant-Colonel Hector St.Hilaire.The two old comrades already had heard the results of the scout from St.Clair and Langdon, but they gave Harry a welcome because they liked him.