I would scorn to have such as you inside the door." "Perhaps I have been fighting there," Vincent said significantly.

"But one can't be always fighting, and there are other things to do sometimes.

For instance, to find out what the Yankees are doing and what are their plans." "Is that so ?" the woman asked doubtfully.
"That is so," he answered earnestly.

"I am an officer in Wade Hampton's cavalry, and now Sheridan's troopers have cut off all communication, I have come out to find for General Lee where the Yankees are building their batteries before Petersburg." "In that case you are welcome," the woman said.

"Come straight in! I will lead your horse out and fasten him up in the bush, and give him a feed there.