human
Why do you halt?
gpt
We must wait till daylight. It is not safe to approach the picket line at night.
human
But, Major, is there not another house nearer the line? Must we stop here? Would it not be safer to get as near the line as possible? Is there not a possibility that we may be attacked even here?
gpt
It seems like you were gitt'n' mighty uneasy just now. I reckon we'll have to stop a time, anyhow. You might as well come in and make yourselves comfortable. We will get warmed up, have something to eat, let the horses blow awhile, and then perhaps we will go on to the Widow H----'s. She lives right close to the line, but she's a Reb clean through, and I don't like to trust her any longer than is necessary.