“I took another pull at the port.
“‘If I only thought,’ said I, ‘that my presence here was not thought unwelcome—’
“‘Fie, General,’ said she, ‘how could you say such a thing?’
“‘If I only thought I was not hated,’ said I, tremblingly.
“‘Oh!’ said she, again.
“‘Despised.’
“‘Oh!’
“‘Loathed.’
