In the next place, he had, as it were, given his pledge to Tony that she should be well cared for until she could be sent to join him.

And what should he say now when the negro wrote to claim her?
Then, too, he felt a personal injury that the woman should be carried off when under his mother's protection, and he was full of indignation and fury at the dastardly revenge taken by Jackson.

Upon hearing the news he had at once mentally determined to devote himself for some time to a search for Dinah; but the news that a great battle was expected at the front interfered with his plan.

Now that he was back, capable of returning to duty, his place was clearly with his regiment; but he determined that while he would rejoin at once, he would, as soon the battle was over, if he were unhurt, take up the search.

His mother and sisters were greatly distressed when, at breakfast, he told them that he must at once report himself as fit for duty, and ready to join his regiment.
"I was afraid you would think so," Mrs.Wingfield said, while the girls wept silently; "and much as I grieve at losing you again so soon, I can say nothing against it.