““Everyone thought Jake’s act was a last gesture of defiance, a refusal to admit that he was beaten. In reality, Jake had been laid up with malaria when the war ended, and he hadn’t wanted his men waiting around for him to get better, when they might be on their way home. Jake said, “There’s a regiment of cavalry up the road. The army might tolerate me bein’ in town—my status is a technicality, like you say—but there’s no way they can overlook me if I’m marshal. They’ll have to come””
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