"Yes, sir. I returned all the way to the field. The last of our troops
should be leaving there just about now. The Northern army had made no
preparation for immediate pursuit."
"Your report agrees with all the others that I have received. How long
have you been without sleep?"
"I don't know, sir," he said at last. "I can't remember. Maybe it has
been two or three days."
Stuart, who held a cup of coffee in his hand, laughed. "The times have
been such that there are generals as well as lieutenants," he said,
"who can't remember when they've slept."
"You're exhausted, my lad," said Lee gravely and kindly, "and there's
nothing more you can do for us just now. Take some breakfast with us,
and then you must sleep in one of the wagons. An orderly will look after
your horse."
Lee handed him a cup of coffee with his own hand, and Harry, thanking him,
withdrew to the outer fringe of the little group, where he took his
breakfast, amazed to find how hungry he was, although he had not thought
of food before. Then without a word, as he saw that the generals were
engrossed in a conference, he withdrew.
"You'll find Lieutenant Dalton of the staff in the covered wagon over
there," said the orderly who had taken his horse.
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