"No, I thank you, for, as I say, I have but a moment to remain. Your daughter is exceedingly sorry that she acted——"
"Where is she, sir?"
"She has come with me, but fearing that your resentment——"
"What, is she out there waiting in the dark? What, my child out there waiting to know whether she can come into her father's house? I will go to her, sir. Come, Chyd, let us both go."
I stepped to the door and stood confronting the old man and his son.
"You can go, General, if you will, but your son must remain where he is."
"What, I don't understand you, sir. How dare you—what do you mean, sir?"
"Your son must not come with us. That is what I mean."
"Not go to welcome his sister home. Get out of my way, sir!"
"Wait, General. He should not go out there, for the reason that some one else, out of kindness, has accompanied your daughter and me."