"About what?"
"You."
"You don't mean it, Miss Betty?" he said incredulously.
Her eyes were dim and she nodded.
"But why about me?"
"I saw things which confirmed your suspicions. He admitted his desire that General Pope should fail and defended McClellan's indifference. We quarrelled. I asked him to resign from the staff of his Chief——"
"You didn't!" he exclaimed softly, his deep eyes shining.
"I did—and he refused."
Again the big hands both closed on hers:
"God bless you, child! So long as I hold such faith from hearts like yours, I know that I'm right. They can say what they please about me——"