 and while I say that the right ain’t all on the side of the North, I know jest as well that it ain’t all on the side of the South either.But if I have to fight, I reckon it will be fer the South.” 

In February 1862, Jethro spends an evening with Shadrach Yale, the teacher he idolizes.They discuss Yale's plans to marry Jenny and move back east, taking Jethro with them to attend school.