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Ernest Crosby, Garrison the non-resistant, Chapter 11: the results of the war in the South (search)
Uncle Joe took pity upon me, and coming over to me whispered: You know who that is, don't you? I acknowledged with shame that I did not, and with a look of blank amazement, he added: Why, that's Major Bedford! as if the announcement would surely startle me. I fear that my expression was unsatisfactory to him, for there was sorrow in his tone as he explained to the benighted Yankee that Major Bedford was the biggest lawyer in West Carobama, and that only last month he got Hank Martin off, though everybody knew he had chucked Sam Davis into the well. By this time the Major had gone in to supper and my friends resumed their seats around the stove, while a chorus of admiration for the great lawyer filled the smoky air. When it at last subsided, one rather sullen individual who was opposite me said drily: He's a mean man, though, and then to my surprise, one by one the others nodded their heads and echoed: Yes, he is a mean man. I could not account for this