Hay: Yes, sir.
He takes the note, and goes.
Lincoln: Are things very bad at the Fort?
The Messenger: The major says three days, sir. Most of us would have said twenty-four hours.
A knock at the door.
Seward: Yes.
HAWKINS comes in.
Hawkins: Mr. White is just receiving a message across the wire, sir.
Lincoln: Ask him to come here directly he's finished.
Hawkins: Yes, sir.