Rebels of Babylon
“Even though he had worn the enemy’s gray. Lieutenant Raines, whom I had met in the course of a foul affair in Mississippi, was a splendid lad confounded by the times. Educated at Harvard College he was, and unlucky in love. A softly handsome boy, his charm was the sort that wins the girl, but loses the woman. Francis Drake Raines was an innocent—although he had killed other men in battle—and, truth be told, the ladies like a leavening of danger in their sweethearts. Although we think them made ...up of spun sugar, women have less fear in their hearts than men. Anyway, the boy was brave and silly. He fought because his fighting was expected, not least by his father, but the lad was not the sort who finds a taste for it. Perhaps his capture held a hidden blessing. He was the sort of lad that war devours, a student of theology who strayed.
“It must be ’orrible up there in the snows,” Mr. Barnaby told me. “With ’ardly a blanket betwixt the sorry lot of them. And think of the terrible lonesomeness of their victuals …”MoreLess
“It must be ’orrible up there in the snows,” Mr. Barnaby told me. “With ’ardly a blanket betwixt the sorry lot of them. And think of the terrible lonesomeness of their victuals …”MoreLess
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