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proved of no avail. She still clings to her old style of talking, which is saying just as little as possible. Since that fruitless attempt to get information, I have left her alone in her solitude. For some cause the Lt. has got his head stuck up since his return, so that he will hardly deign to speak to me whether it is on account of his wife, or the prospect of his being Adjutant, or some other cause I am not able to say, one thing is certain it does not trouble me any, for he has nothing to be proud of. Our Doctor and Chaplain are at swords points with one another, each threatening to use the law to the utermost extent on the other,