So ended this immense military movement.
IX.
MOHUN,--HIS THIRD PHASE.
I was about to turn my horse and ride back from the stream, across
which the enemy had disappeared, when all at once Mohun, who had led
the pursuit, rode up to me, and we exchanged a cordial greeting.
"Well, this little affair is over, my dear Surry," he said; "have you
any thing to occupy you for two or three hours?"
"Nothing; entirely at your service, Mohun."
"Well, I wish you to accompany me on a private expedition. Will you
follow me blindfold?"
"Confidingly."
And I rode on beside Mohun, who had struck into a path along the banks
of the Rowanty, leading back in the direction of Halifax bridge.
As we rode on, I looked attentively at him. I scarcely recognized, in
the personage beside me, the Mohun of the past. His gloom so profound
on that night when I parted with him, after the expedition to the
lonely house beyond Monk's Neck, had entirely disappeared; and I saw in
him as few traces of the days on the Rappahannock, in Pennsylvania, and
the Wilderness. These progressive steps in the development of Mohun's
character may be indicated by styling them the first, second, and third
phases of the individual. He had entered now upon the third phase, and
I compared him, curiously with his former self.
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