"Why are you here?"
He answered as if unaware that any great change had taken place in their relations.
"My master sent me. At last I have found my mistress. It took me a great while."
"Is your master still in arms?"
The man bowed.
"Against the Government?"
"He says, for the Government."
"Of Rebels?"
He bowed again.
"Then, there is no answer,—can be none. Did he not foresee it?"