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`` You do not believe in fighting , under any circumstances ? '' `` Yes , I do , Mr. Marshall , '' I said ; and I felt myself colour . `` I do believe in fighting , when it is to relieve the oppressed , to deliver those who are trampled upon , or to save ourselves or others from worse than death . '' `` Our friends at the South can hardly be said to be in such extremity , '' he said , looking rather perplexed ; `` unless you believe all that the papers say about Yankee invaders ; and I for one am not ready to do that . '' `` Nor I , '' I said ; `` I know them too well . '' `` Then who is so bitterly oppressed just now , Miss Randolph ? '' `` If you do not know of anybody , I would not fight , Mr. Marshall . ''