[The sharp click of the telegraph receiver catches his ear and he starts to the table.]
No—that wasn't it——
[Turns again to Nicolay.]
Tell them positively, I will see them within half an hour.
[Nicolay exits and Lincoln returns to his vigil by the telegraph table.]
How close can you get to Atlanta over the Chattanooga line——?
Operator
Twenty miles out is the last station that answers and he don't know what's the matter with the line.
Lincoln
Strange—we got closer than that yesterday—Sherman's on the move....