The history of a soldier's wound beguiles the pain of it; --my uncle's visitors at least thought so, and in their daily calls upon him, from the courtesy arising out of that belief, they would frequently turn the discourse to that subject, --and from that subject the discourse would generally roll on to the siege itself.

The history of a soldier's wound beguiles the pain of it; - my uncle's visitors at least thought so, and they would frequently turn the talk to that subject, - and from there, the talk would roll on to the siege itself.
