Select the correct text in the passage. Read this excerpt from "A Horseman in the Sky by Ambrose Bierce. Which sentence or phrase in the passage reveals how the father feels about his son's decision to join
the Union army?
"Well, go, sir, and whatever may occur do what you conceive to be your duty, Virginia, to which you are a traitor, must get on without you. Should both live to the end of
the war, we will speak further of the matter. Your mother, as the physician has informed you, is in a most critical condition; at the best she cannot be with us longer than a
few weeks, but that time is precious. It would be better not to disturb her."
So Carter Druse, bowing reverently to his father, who returned the salute with a stately courtesy that masked a breaking heart, left the home of his childhood to go
soldiering. By conscience and courage, by deeds of devotion and daring, he soon commended himself to his fellows and his officers; and it was to these qualities and to
some knowledge of the country that he owed his selection for his present perilous duty at the extreme outpost.