"And if they aid their friends?"
"They are to be dealt with according to military law."
"Anything else?"
"If loyal citizens are hurt or damaged by guerrillas, disloyal citizens of the locality must make compensation."
"Is it true that a Confederate sympathizer will be shot down if on the streets of Lexington?"
"There was such an order, Mrs. Dean."
"And if a loyal citizen is killed by one of these so-called guerillas, for whose acts nobody is responsible, prisoners of war are to be shot in retaliation?"
"Mother!" cried Margaret.
"No, Mrs. Dean—not prisoners of war—guerillas."
"And when will you begin war on women?"