Apparentlyitwastheirturntobesurprised，fortheyexclaimed:\"Whatanidea！Why，wehaveseenhimhundredsoftimes。\"
Theyhadseemhimhundredsoftimes，yettheyhadwaitedhalfanhourinthegloomandthebittercold，inthemidstofajamofpatientsfromthesameasylum，onthechanceofseeinghimagain。Itwasastupefyingstatement，butoneisobligedtobelievetheEnglish，evenwhentheysayathinglikethat。I
fumbledaroundforaremark，andgotoutthisone:
\"Ican’tunderstanditatall。IfIhadneverseenGeneralGrantIdoubtifIwoulddothateventogetasightofhim。\"
Withaslightemphasisonthelastword。