Eliza glanced furtively at the very good-looking face, scarlet with anger and mortification, and wondered how Annis could get in such a temper with him.
"I don't know about the causes of war," she said hesitatingly. "Some people blame Mr. Madison—"
"There are Tories always. I've heard papa tell how many there were in the Revolutionary War. But, you see, we wouldn't have won if we had not had right on our side," she added triumphantly.
"But Napoleon won in a great many battles," Stafford ventured.
"Perhaps he was right then," with emphasis.
This casuistry nonplussed the English boy. If Annis wasn't so sweet and pretty—
Eliza had to say good-by reluctantly.
"Let us go this way," proposed Annis.
"This way" brought them to the defaced and injured Capitol. Annis' scarlet lip curled.
"It is a shame," he acknowledged. "And—if it will do you any good, I'm awfully sorry that I came over to fight. But, you see, we don't understand. So many people think that after all England did for the Colonies, they had no right to rebel, and that she still has some claims—"