Grant: Ask him to come here.
Orderly: Yes, sir.
He goes.
Grant: I learnt a good deal from Robert Lee in early days. He's a better man than most of us. This business will go pretty near the heart, sir.
Lincoln: I'm glad it's to be done by a brave gentleman, Grant.
GENERAL MEADE and CAPTAIN SONE, his aide-de-camp, come in. MEADE salutes. Lincoln: Congratulations, Meade. You've done well.
Meade: Thank you, sir.
Grant: Was there much more fighting?
Meade: Pretty hot for an hour or two.
Grant: How long will Lee be?