"Then you know?"
"All. Father told me."
"He should not have told you."
"It was my doing. I gave him no peace until I had learned all."
Dolly grew weary of this pleasantry and wandered away to gladden her lips on the choice morsels of the tender grass.
"I deeply regret my indiscretion, though it was for his sake."
"You mean——?"
"His Excellency."
"I might have done likewise, were I able. Colonel Forrest is most disagreeable."
"He was not wholly culpable and so I forgave his insulting remarks against us, but I forgot myself entirely when General Washington's name was besmirched."