Maybelle Merriwether was to marry her little Zouave when he got his next furlough, and she cried every time she thought of it, for she had set her heart on marrying in a white satin dress and there was no white satin in the Confederacy.

• 梅贝尔 - 梅里韦瑟准备在那位小个儿义勇兵下次休假时同他结婚，她一想起这件事就哭鼻子，因为她下定决心要穿一件白缎子衣服结婚，可是在南部联盟境内找不到白缎子。