human
You have heard nothing yet from General Sherman?
gpt
Nothing, child.
human
And no message of any kind from John Vaughan since he left!
gpt
But I'm sure, remember, sure to a moral certainty--that he reached Richmond safely and left there safely.
human
How do you know?
gpt
Gilmore has just arrived with his reply from Jefferson Davis. It will be worth a half million votes for us. From his description of the 'reporter' with Benjamin I am sure it was our messenger.
human
But you don't know--you don't know!
gpt
Come, dear, it's not like you to despair----
human
How long since any message arrived from General Sherman?
gpt
Three days, my child. I know the hole he went in at, but I can't tell where he's going to come out----
human
If he ever comes out,
gpt
Oh, he'll come out somewhere! the President laughed.
human
It's a habit of his. I've watched him for months--sometimes I can't hear from him for a week--but he always bobs up again and comes out with a whoop, too----
gpt
But we've no news!
human
No news has always been good news from Sherman----
gpt
Wait here. I'll be back in a few moments. We're bound to hear something to-day. I've an engagement with my Committee of Undertakers. They are waiting for me to deliver my corpse to them--and they are very restless about it because I haven't given up sooner, I'm full of foolish hopes. I'm going to adjourn them until we can get a message of some kind----