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The colonel did not hesitate to speak his thought to the two . `` I wish that General Sheridan was here , '' he said . `` But he 's at Winchester , '' said Dick . `` He 'll join us at noon . '' `` I wish he was here now , and I wish , too , that this fog would lift , and the day would come . Hark , what was that ? '' `` It was a rifle shot , sir , '' said the sergeant .