"Doctor, you are the most extraordinary man in this army."
"I am not in this army," he said.
The belt was put on beneath my waistcoat.
"I'll leave my gun and everything with you, Doctor; I hope to get back in two or three days."
"Very well, Jones. God bless you, boy," he said, and I was gone.
Before the tent I found "the horseman with two horses."
"Does General Hooker expect a written reply?"
"No, sir; I suppose not."
"Then you may report that you have delivered your message and that I begin work at once."
"Yes, sir."