Edmond, a Confederate solider, was given a "lucky" locket<span> by his sweetheart. H</span>e's<span> talking with friends over a </span>fire<span>. On </span>successive<span> day a fight breaks out, killing </span>several<span>, and a priest retrieves the </span>case<span> from a dead boy's body to </span>come back<span> it to </span>the lover<span>. She is </span>brokenhearted<span> at the news of Edmond's death </span>however<span> he later returns home </span>and divulges<span> that the </span>case<span> had been </span>taken<span> from him before the battle.</span><span>
</span><span>The most ironic statement about the locket is: </span>A. It was meant to be a symbol of Octavie's love for Edmond, but it came to represent his death.
