Gentlemen: The President of the Confederate States of America!
[Davis enters and bows to his visitors, who rise. His figure is about five foot ten and quite thin. His features are typically the Southern scholar and thinker with angular cheeks and high cheek bones. His iron gray hair is long and thick and inclined to curl at the ends. His whiskers are thin and trimmed farmer fashion, on the lower end of his strong chin. His eyes flash with strong vitality. His forehead is broad, his mouth strong. He wears a brown suit of foreign cloth which fits him perfectly. His shoulders slightly droop. His manner is easy and graceful, his voice charming and cultured.]
Davis
I am glad to meet you, gentlemen. You are very welcome to Richmond.
Gilmore
We thank you, Mr. Davis.
Davis
Mr. Benjamin tells me that you have asked to see me——
[He pauses and waits for his visitors to finish the sentence.]
Jacquess