Lincoln (taking his hand): That's brave of you.
JOHN HAY, a Secretary, comes in.
Hay: There's a messenger from Major Anderson, sir. He's ridden straight from Fort Sumter.
Lincoln: Take him to my room. No, bring him here.
HAY goes.
Seward: What does it mean?
Lincoln: I don't like the sound of it.
He rings a bell. A CLERK comes in.
Are there any gentlemen of the Cabinet in the house?
Clerk: Mr. Chase and Mr. Blair, I believe, sir.