[4] She would speak to one and to another, and nod and smile to many
more, but she could not do it to all; but we could kiss her shadow as it
fell, and lay our heads on the pillow again, content.--_Soldier's Letter
from the Crimea._
[5] "Before she came there was cussin' and swearin', but after that it
was as holy as a church."--_Ibid._