"All through the war."
Homeward they went through the dewy fields.
"I wish I could have seen the Major before he died. If he could only have known how I suffered at causing him so much sorrow. And if you could have known."
"He did know and so did I—later. All that is over now."
They had reached the stone wall and Chad picked up the flag again.
"This is the only time I have ever carried this flag, unless I—unless it had been captured."
"You had captured it, Chad."
"There?" Chad pointed to the stile and Margaret nodded.
"There—here everywhere."
Seated on the porch, Mrs. Dean and Harry and Dan saw them coming across the field and Mrs. Dean sighed.