They could not have kept from liking him had they tried, and they
certainly did not wish to try.
"You don't know how it rejoices me to see you," said Julien, speaking
very fast. "I was sad! very sad! Some of my best friends have perished
back there in those inhospitable Pennsylvania hills, and while the band
was playing it made me think of the homes they will never see any more!
Don't think I'm effusive and that I show grief too much, but my heart has
been very heavy! Alas, for the brave lads!"
"Come, come, de Langeais," said Harry, putting his hand on his shoulder.
"You've no need to apologize for sorrow. God knows we all have enough
of it, but a lot of us are still alive and here's an army ready to fight
again, whenever the enemy says the word."
"True! True!" exclaimed de Langeais, changing at once from shadow to
sunshine. "And when we're back in Virginia we'll turn our faces once
more to our foe!"
He took a step or two on the grass in time to the music which was now
that of a dance, and the brilliant beams of the setting sun showed a face
without a care. Invincible youth and the invincible gayety of the part
of the South that was French were supreme again. Dalton, looking at him,
shook his Presbyterian head.
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