"
"She's all that," agreed Harry heartily.
They had their own keys to the Lanham house and slipped in without
awakening anybody. Their explanations the next day were received without
question and in another day Harry's jaw was no longer sore, though his
spirit was. Yet the taking of important documents ceased suddenly,
and Harry was quite sure that his encounter with Shepard had at least
caused him to leave the city.
CHAPTER XII
IN WINTER QUARTERS
Harry was sent a few days later with dispatches from the president to
General Lee, who was still in his camp beside the Opequan. Dalton was
held in the capital for further messages, but Harry was not sorry to make
the journey alone. The stay in Richmond had been very pleasant. The
spirits of youth, confined, had overflowed, but he was beginning to feel
a reaction. One must return soon to the battlefield. This was merely
a lull in the storm which would sweep with greater fury than ever. The
North, encouraged by Gettysburg and Vicksburg, was gathering vast masses
which would soon be hurled upon the South, and Harry knew how thin the
lines there were becoming.
He thought, too, of Shepard, who was the latest to score in their duel,
and he believed that this man had already sent to the Northern leaders
information beyond value.
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