9/15 I have done all that honour can ask of a man; more than any man, to my knowledge, would have done, and now it's war. They will have it! I mean to take that girl from them--snatch or catch! The girl is my girl, and if there are laws against my having my own, to powder with the laws! Well, and do you suppose me likely to be beaten? Not if they are history, and eloquence and commandership have power over the blood and souls of men. First, I write to her!' His friend suggested that he knew not where she was. |