"Rubbish—he's a loyal Southerner—and if we have to fight he'll be with us."
"Yes—he—will!"
"Of course, he will. He's careful now. He's in old Buck's cabinet. Wait and see. He called on Mr. Davis last night."
"That's nothing—so did old Seward—"
"Different—Seward's a Black Republican from New York—Holt's a Southern Democrat from Mississippi."
"And who's the young knight by his side with the dear little mustache to which he seems so attached?"
Jennie looked in silence for a moment.
"I never saw him before. He's handsome, isn't he?"
"Looks to me like a young black snake just shed his skin waiting for that old adder to show him how to strike."
"Dick—"