her.

Marthy. Why don't you chullen go out fer a little walk. Mars
Bev'll tek good care of you. It ud do you good, honey.

Fair (looks towards the window). Oh, no; not out there.

Bev. We'll be all right here; don't you worry, Marthy.

[Exit Marthy.

Fair. Bev, have you spoken to Charlotte?

Bev. Yes; she and mother seem so much better now. She's taken off
the white dress and put on the black one. Mother said they both had so
much left to live for. And Charlotte smiled and called me to her, and
asked if the soldiers were still here, and if my uniform was finished,
and begged me not to be unhappy. And she told me George was just as much
ours as he had ever been, and told me how proud she was when all the
soldiers told her he had been the first one in the fight.

Fair. I am so glad. Oh, Bev, it broke my heart! I felt as though
we couldn't give George, too.

Bev. But we must think first of the South. We've given Phil and
George now--father, if it must be--and then I'll go; but he and I'll
come back to you.

[Enter at the back Mrs. S. and Charlotte; they walk hand in hand.
Charlotte wears a black dress like Fair's. Mrs. S. wears