Shenandoah - Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911 by Bronson Howard
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but it is hoping against hope. I feel certain, now, that the fatal
blow will be struck this morning. Our old regiment is already broken up, and you, also, will now resign, I suppose, like nearly all your fellow-Southerners in the service. ELLINGHAM. You know how sorry I am to leave your command, Colonel! HAVERILL. I served under your father in Mexico; he left me, at his death, the guardian of you and your sister, Gertrude. Even since you became of age, I have felt that I stood in his place. But you must be your sister's only guardian now. Your father fell in battle, fighting for our common country, but you-- ELLINGHAM. He would have done as I shall do, had he lived. He was a Virginian! HAVERILL. I am glad, Robert, that he was never called upon to decide between two flags. He never knew but one, and we fought under it together. [_Exit._ ELLINGHAM. Kerchival! Something occurred in this house to-night which--which I shouldn't mention under ordinary circumstances, but I--I feel that it may require my further attention, and you, perhaps, can be of service to me. Mrs. Haverill, the wife of the Colonel-- KERCHIVAL. Fainted away in her room. ELLINGHAM. You know? KERCHIVAL. I was one of the actors in the little drama. |
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