"
"Indeed you must!" she said, looking at me with the most fascinating
smile, "for you know you are one of my old friends now, and must not
neglect me. I am at my aunt's, Mrs. Hall,--uncle brought me a month ago
from Buckland; but in the morning I shall go down to a cousin's in
Dinwiddie."
"In Dinwiddie, Miss Katy?"
"Yes, near the Rowanty. My cousin, Mr. Dare, has come for me."
"Well, I will visit you there."
"Please do. The house is called 'Disaway's.'"
I bowed, smiling, and turned to Tom Herbert.
"When shall I see you again, Tom, and where? Next week--at Disaway's?"
Tom colored and then laughed. This dandy, you see, was a good boy
still.
"Well, old fellow," he replied, "I think it possible I may visit
Dinwiddie. My respected chieftain, General Fitz, is at present reposing
on his couch in Richmond, and I am bearer of bouquets as well as of
dispatches between him and his surgeon. But I am told he is ordered to
Dinwiddie as soon as he is up. The country is a new one; the thought
has occurred to me that any information I can acquire by--hem!--a
topographical survey, would be valuable. You perceive, do you not, my
dear friend? You appreciate my motive?"
"Perfectly, Tom. There will probably be a battle near 'Disaway's.'"
"And I'd better ride over the ground, eh?"
"Yes.
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