Now go to your room and get calm and rested. You are trembling like
a frightened bird. I'll see your uncle, cousin and Dr. Borden. You
shall bury your chivalrous Yank just as you wish. Then all must go
according to regulations."
She smiled as she gave him her hand, saying, "You may put me under
arrest if I don't mind you in everything hereafter."
"Well," muttered the surgeon, as he looked after her, "to think that
a girl should have a probe long and sharp enough to go straight to
the heart of a man of my age! No wonder Maynard and Whately are over
head and ears."
CHAPTER XXIX
"ANGEL OF DEATH"
It would seem as if the brief tempest of the morning had cleared the
air. Two strong natures had asserted themselves. Surgeon Ackley's
recognition of Miss Lou's spirit and the justice of her plea turned
out to be as politic as it was sincere and unpremeditated. The
slaves learned all they could hope from her or any one now in
authority and were compelled to see the necessity of submission.
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