Mrs. Ives wants us to translate a French play. A genuine
French captain came in from his ship on the James River and gave us good advice
as to how to make the selection. General Hampton sent another basket of
partridges, and all goes merry as a marriage bell.
My husband came in and nearly killed us. He brought this piece
of news: “North Carolina wants to offer terms of peace!” We needed only a break
of that kind to finish us. I really shivered nervously, as one does when the
first handful of earth comes rattling down on the coffin in the grave of one we
cared for more than all who are left.
SOURCE: Mary Boykin Chesnut, Edited by Isabella D. Martin
and Myrta Lockett Avary, A Diary From Dixie, p. 270-1
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