Chapter 9

           The"star-spangledbanner"suspendedaboveFortInge,asitfloutsforthfromitstallstaff,flingsitsfitfulshadowoverasceneofstrangeandoriginalinterest.

           ItisapictureofpurefrontierlifewhichperhapsonlythepenciloftheyoungerVernetcouldtruthfullyportrayhalfmilitary,halfcivilianhalfsavage,halfcivilisedmottledwithfiguresofmenwhosecomplexions,costumes,andcallings,proclaimthemappertainingtotheextremesofboth,andeverypossiblegradationbetween.

           Eventhemise-en-scènetheFortitselfisofthismiscegenouscharacter.Thatstar-spangledbannerwavesnotoverbastionsandbattlements;itflingsnoshadowovercasemateorcoveredway,fosse,scarpment,orglacisscarceanythingthatappertainstoafortress.Arudestockade,constructedoutoftrunksofalgarobia,enclosingshed-stablingfortwohundredhorses;outsidethisahalf-scoreofbuildingsoftheplainestarchitecturalstylesomeofthemmerehutsof"wattleanddaub"jacalésthebiggestabarrack;behinditthehospital,thestoresofthecommissary,andquartermaster;ononesidetheguardhouse;andontheother,morepretentiouslyplaced,themessroomandofficers’quarters;allplainintheirappearanceplasteredandwhitewashedwiththelimeplentifullyfoundontheLeonaallneatandclean,asbecomesacantonmentoftroopswearingtheuniformofagreatcivilisednation.SuchisFortInge.

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