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1、UnitTwo:TheWomanWhoWouldNotTellTextAuntBettieisfacedwithadifficultdecision.AwoundedUnionsoldierisfoundhidinginafarmhousenearherhome.Shehastodecidewhethertohelphimorlethimbecaptured.Whatwillshechoosetodo?TheWomanWhoWouldNotTellJaniceKeyserLester"IneverdidhatetheYankees
2、.Allthathatedwasthewar.……"That'showmygreat-auntBettiebeganherstory.Ihearditmanytimesasachild,whenevermyfamilyvisitedAuntBettieintheoldhouseinBerryville,Virginia.AuntBettiewasalmost80yearsoldthen.ButIcouldpictureherasshewasinthestoryshetoldme——barely20,pretty,withbrigh
3、tblueeyes.BettieVanMetrehadgoodreasontohatetheCivilWar.OneofherbrotherwaskilledatGettysburg,anothertakenprisoner.Thenheryounghusband,James,aConfederateofficer,wascapturedandsenttoanunknownprisoncampsomewhere.OnehotdayinlateSeptemberDickRunner,aformerslave,cametoBettie
4、withastrangereport.HehadbeencheckingafarmhousehalfamileawayfromtheVanMetrehome,afarmhousehethoughtwasempty.Butinside,heheardlowgroans.Followingthemtotheattic,hefoundawoundedUnionsoldier,witharifleathisside.WhenAuntBettietoldmeaboutherfirstsightofthebeardedmaninthestai
5、nedblueuniform,shealwaysusedthesamewords."Itwaslikewalkingintoanightmare:thoseawfulbandages,thatdreadfulsmell.That'swhatwarisreallylike,child:nobuglesandbanners.Justpainandfilth,futilityanddeath."ToBettieVanMetrethismanwasnotanenemybutratherasufferinghumanbeing.Shegav
6、ehimwaterandtriedtocleanhisterriblewounds.Thenshewentoutintothecoolairandleanedagainstthehouse,tryingnottobesickasshethoughtofwhatshehadseen——thatsmashedrighthand,thatmissingleftleg.Theman'spapersBettiefoundintheatticestablishedhisidentity:Lt.HenryBedell,CompanyD,11th
7、VermontVolunteers,30yearold.SheknewthatsheshouldreportthepresenceofthisUnionofficertotheConfederatearmy.Butshealsoknewthatshewouldnotdoit.Thisishowsheexplainedittome:"Ikeptwonderingifhehadawifesomewhere,waiting,andhoping,andnotknowing——justasIwas.Itseemedtomethattheon
8、lythingthatmatteredwastogetherhusbandbacktoher."Slowly,patiently,skillfully,JamesVanMetre'swifefannedthesparkoflifethatflick
