Oh! the seduction,
the novelty, the fascination of this life in Richmond! If patriotism is its
master-chord, pleasure is no less its dominant note, and while it is as
indescribable as the sparkle of champagne, it is no less intoxicating. Last
night the parlor was full of visitors, and the same may be said of almost every
night—officers, privates, congressmen, senators, old friends and new ones, from
all parts of the country. They are finding out our whereabouts and paying their
devoirs. And what do you think, my little book? The blonde captain was among
them. Strange things are the most natural, I have begun to think, for our
strange acquaintance has come about in the most natural way. Dr. S—— knows his
relatives in Maryland, and we are acquainted with his relatives in Carolina, so
not even Sadie could gainsay the fitness of the acquaintance—nor Ernestine, who
is an anxious mother to the last one of us.
SOURCE: South
Carolina State Committee United Daughters of the Confederacy, South
Carolina Women in the Confederacy, Vol. 1, “A Confederate
Girl's Diary,” p. 279
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