I see red because I'm so angry and realize that I lost control of my emotions. I dab at my throat with a lace handkerchief and swiftly pad upstairs to see just what the Colonel's men are doing. I peer into the bedroom and see three of the men going through my things. One is holding up a pink corsete that was purchased in Paris, another has his nasty hands in my unmentionable drawer. The third is pawing through my dresses. "Get out!" I growl. They turn and look at me. The one with the corset says, "We have orders to search for guns and contraband."
"Oh and you think you are going to find a weapon in my corset?" Turning to the man fingering my unmentionables, "And I'm sure that the five minutes you have spend in that drawer has yielded a wagon load of contraband! Get Out! Get Out Now!"
They look at me and continue to touch my personal items. "GET OUT!" I stalk over and jerk the items from their hands. Two of the soldiers grab my arms and press me against the wall. "Let me go now or I shall have you hanged!" I tell them with what I hope is a determined voice; all the while hoping that the panic and fear does not show.
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