It seemed to me now and then that all those big defeats in Virginia might make our people too weary to go on.
Why is that light flaring so high on Fisher's Hill ?" "It may be a signal.

Possibly the Southerners are replying to it with another fiery signal on this mountain.

We can't see the crest of Massanutton from this slope." "You seem to know every inch of the ground in this region.

How did you manage to learn it so thoroughly ?" "I was born in the valley not far from here.

I've climbed over Massanutton many a time.