"You're asking the impossible—"
He stroked her hand with tender touch, rose and led her to the door.
"You'll try to trust me?"
There was an unreal sound in her voice as Jennie slowly replied:
"Yes—I'll try."
Socola hurried to the house on Church Hill and dispatched a courier on a mission of tragic importance. Kilpatrick and Dahlgren were preparing to capture Richmond by a daring raid of three thousand cavalrymen.
Jennie watched him go with the determination to know the truth at all hazards.