What he had heard about her doings from his father had filled his soldier's mind with an eager admiration for her.

That was how women should bear themselves in this war--as the practical helpers of men.
He fell into the chair beside her, and Elizabeth was soon deep in conversation with him, a conversation that any one might overhear who would.

It turned partly on the armies abroad--partly on the effort at home.

There was warmth--even passion--in it, studiously restrained.

But it was the passion of two patriots, conscious through every pulse of their country's strait.
The others listened.