... of wit and manners, the cream of the oldSouth, and gradually all drew together in one great group. They talked of many things, of almost everythingexcept the war, of the news from Europe, of ... becoming. The snow was falling gently and the frosty air deepened the scarlet in her cheeks. The Harley house was only on the other side of the garden and there was a path between the two. The city ... playing-cards, and in those of the North, Bibles?""If the Northern soldiers have Bibles, they do not use them," said Helen."And if the Southern soldiers have playing-cards, they...