"And of Scottish pahentage?"
"Yes."
"Do you know if any of her relatives were engaged in the Civil Wahah, our civil wahah?"
"I believe her brother Roderic ran the blockade, and fought for the South, where he fell, in a cavalry regiment."
"Be pleased, suh, to say that again. Rodehic Fahquhah, do you say?"
"His full name, I have seen it among Wilkinson's papers, was Roderic Macdonald Farquhar."
"Tehesa, my deah," said the colonel, his voice and manner full of emotion, as he turned towards his sister-in-law, "you have heard me mention my bosom friend, Captain Fahquhah?"
"Yes, indeed, many times," replied the lady addressed.
"And ouah deah boy upstairs, the pehsehveh of my pooah life, is his nephew, his sistah's son. I was suah there was something drawing me to him. I shall make that brave boy my heih, my pooah deah comhade Fahquhah's nephew. What a fohtunate discovehy. Kindly excuse me, madam, and you my deah ladies, and you Squiah; I must go and tell my deah boy." So the colonel bowed to Mrs. Carruthers, and went out, with his handkerchief up to his face.
After the colonel left the table, the Captain looked over at his niece, saying: "Too late, Marjorie, my lass, too late! Didn't play your cards right, so you're cut out. Shifted his sheet anchor to the t'other bow, Marjorie."