The Red Badge of Courage | Chapter XII - Page 3
The forest seemed a vast hive of men buzzing about in frantic circles, but the cheery man conducted the youth without mistakes, until at last he began to chuckle with glee and self-satisfaction. “Ah, there yeh are! See that fire?”
The youth nodded stupidly.
“Well, there's where your reg'ment is. An' now, good-by, ol' boy, good luck t' yeh.”
A warm and strong hand clasped the youth's languid fingers for an instant, and then he heard a cheerful and audacious whistling as the man strode away. As he who had so befriended him was thus passing out of his life, it suddenly occurred to the youth that he had not once seen his face.
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