Both Carter Druse and his father left the table that morning with broken hearts.

那天早上，卡特·德鲁斯和他的父亲伤心地离开了。

That was why Carter Druse had been sent to guard the road.

这就是为什么卡特·德鲁斯被派到这个至关重要的前沿位置担任警戒。

The road Carter Druse had been sent to guard was only a few miles from his father's house.

卡特·德鲁斯被派去警戒的那条路离父亲的家只有几英里。

Soon after firing his gun, Carter Druse was joined by a Union sergeant.

枪响了… … ，来了一名军士。

Carter Druse looked back to the man and horse standing there against the sky.

德鲁斯恨恨地收回目光，重新注视那个沐浴在夕阳里的骑兵。

Slowly, a hope began to form in Carter Druse's mind. Perhaps the southern soldier had not seen the northern troops.

慢慢地，卡特·德鲁斯心中开始希冀，也许南方军团没有看见北方军团。

One sunny afternoon, a few weeks later, Carter Druse lay with his face in the dirt by the side of a road.

几周后的一个阳光明媚的下午，卡特·德鲁斯静静地躺在山道旁，脸埋在泥土里。

And he aimed for the horseman's heart. A small squeeze of the trigger, and Carter Druse would have done his duty.

瞄准那骑兵的胸口。好了，现在只要手指动一动，一切就都解决了。

And in the autumn of eighteen sixty-one, when the United States was divided by a terrible civil war, Carter Druse, a southerner, decided to join the Union Army of the north.

1861年秋天，美国内战爆发，南北分裂，来自南方的卡特·德鲁斯决定加入北方兵团。