"General Morell is one, sir."
All the officers, as well as the general, now stared at me. I saw one of them tap his forehead.
"What are you to General Morell?" asked the commander.
"General Grover also would vouch for me, sir."
"You do not answer my question. Answer promptly, and without evasion. What are you to General Morell?"
"Nothing now, sir. Our relations have ceased, yet I am sure that he would know me and believe me."
"What are you to General Grover?"
"He knew me, General"
"Well, sir, neither General Morell nor General Grover is now with this army. You have a peculiar way of calling for absent witnesses."
"I believe, General, that General Fitz-John Porter would bear me out."