“Another house burning, sir; the Federal people gave the ladies ten minutes to leave it, and then set it on fire.”
Mohun glanced at me.
“That is strange,” he said; “do you know the name of the family?”
“No, sir.”
“It was Governor Letcher’s. Well, what next?”
“Then they went in a great crowd, and broke open another building—a large house, sir—and took every thing. Among the things they took was a statue, which they did not break up, but carried away with them.”
“Washington’s statue!” murmured Mohun; and, turning to me, he added:—
“This is curious, is it not, Surry?”
I nodded.
“Very curious.”