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"Captain Ransome, it is not permitted to you to know anything. It is sufficient that you obey my order -- which permit me to repeat. If you perceive any movement of troops in your front you are to open fire, and if attacked hold this position as long as you can. Do I make myself understood, sir?"
"Nothing could be plainer. Lieutenant Price," -- this to an officer of his own battery, who had ridden up in time to hear the order -- "the general's meaning is clear, is it not?"