"Fairbairn? I do not know him," said the doctor.
"It is not necessary that you should know everybody," said his sister-in-law. "Daisy knows him very well."
"And likes him -" said the doctor; "or he could not have a share in persuading Miss Randolph to anything."
"Yes, I like him," I said. I thought, the more friends in the army I had, the better; and also, that Dr. Sandford must not be permitted to push his lines too far.
"Who is Major Fairbairn?"
"I do not know; he is from Maine or New Hampshire, I think."
"Your parents, Daisy, would not desire these Northern associations for you; would they?"
I do not know with what calm I faced the doctor and answered him. "These Northern associations" - the words touched the innermost beatings of my heart - if such an expression can be used. Yet I looked at Dr. Sandford in absolute calm, knowing all that the doctor did not know, and spoke with perfect composure.
"I cannot escape them, you know, Dr. Sandford, unless I were to go over to the enemy's lines; and I cannot do that."
"I would not wish that," said the doctor.