I don't come from one of those states, and so I'm not in a real sense a Yankee." "What, sir, have I, a Frenchman, to do with your local distinctions?
Yankees you all are and Yankee you shall remain.

It's a fine name, and from what I've seen in this war you're great fighting men, worthy to stand with Frenchmen." "Thank you for the compliment, General," said John, smiling.

"Hereafter I shall always remain a Yankee." "And now do you and your friends take your food there with de Rougemont.
I've had my breakfast, and a big and good one it was.

I'm going to the edge of the hill and use my glasses." He waddled away, looking more than ever an enormous, good-natured bear.
John's heart, as always, warmed to him.

Truly he was the father of his children, ten thousand or more, who fought around him, and for whose welfare he had a most vigilant eye and mind.
The three joined a group of the Strangers, Captain Colton at their head, and they stood there together, eating and drinking, their appetites made wonderfully keen by the sharp morning and a hard life in the open air.
Bougainville, the little colonel, came from the next valley and remained with them awhile.