"Get through what?"
"Do you think that the war will be over within that time?"
"Yes, if the South lays down her arms."
"She won't do that."
"Then the war will last until she does. You people have a peculiar idea of this government. Do you think we are going to suffer it to go to pieces, that we will submit to disruption as long as there is an arm to strike? Why, the women in this community, your mother included, look upon it as a pic-nic excursion. Dan?"
"Yes, sir."
"Are you going to shoot at the men who would free you?"
"I am going with Young Master, sir, to do as he bids me."
"He is not going as a soldier, but as a servant, Uncle Clem."
"Same thing, Bob. The teamster is as much of a soldier, when results are estimated, as the man who carries a gun. But it is all right, Dan. No one can hold you responsible. Bob, old Potter is a hot rebel, isn't he?"