If life had been insecure and frightening before this, it was doubly so now. The military regulations which had seemed so stringent the year before were now mild by comparison with the ones issued by General Pope.

• 如果说在此以前生活不安全，人心不定，现在就更加如此，前一年宣布的军事条令当时似乎很严厉，现在和波普将军宣布的条令一比就显得温和多了。