"Shepard has just come back from a long gallop and he reports that they are now at least twenty miles away, with the distance increasing all the time." Dick felt great relief.

He was softening wonderfully in these days, and while he had the most intense desire for the South to yield he had no wish for the South to suffer more.

He felt that the republic had been saved and he was anxious for the war to be over soon.

His heart swelled with pride at the way in which the Union states had stood fast, how they had suffered cruel defeats, but had come again, and yet again, how mistakes and disaster had been overcome by courage and tenacity.
"A Confederate dollar for your thoughts," said Warner.
"You can have 'em without the dollar," replied Dick.

"I was thinking about the end of the war and after.