to retreat Quotes

“Tell General Ewell the Federal troops are retreating in confusion. It is only necessary to push those people to get possession of those heights. Of course, I do not know his situation, and I do not want him to engage a superior force, but I do want him to take that hill, if he thinks practicable.”

As the adult world closes in on them, the children retreat to their secret sanctuary inside a dense lime tree, and, determined to die together, eat poison mushrooms.