Mohun; Or, the Last Days of Lee and His Paladins. / Final Memoirs of a Staff Officer Serving in Virginia. from the Mss. of Colonel Surry, of Eagle's Nest.

by John Esten Cooke

“You mean know me? Oh, yes, sir.”

“And did he speak of his former visit—with his wife?”

“No, sir.”

“And you—?”

Amanda smiled.

“I made out I didn’t remember him, sir; I was afraid he would think I had overheard that talk with his wife.”

“So he simply called as if to see you as a curiosity?”

“Yes, sir—and staid only a few minutes.”

“But you know or rather knew poor Swartz better?”

“I knew him well, sir.”