Robert judged at once that he was an upper clerk who lived in the house, after the custom of the day.
"Is Master Benjamin within, Jonathan ?" asked Willet.
The tall man blinked and then stared at the hunter in astonishment.
"Is it in very truth you, Master Willet ?" he exclaimed.
"None other.

Come, Jonathan, you know my voice and my face and my figure very well.

You could not fail to recognize me anywhere.

So cease your doubting.

My young friends here are Robert Lennox, of whom you know, and Tayoga, a coming chief of the Clan of the Bear, of the nation Onondaga, of the great League of the Hodenosaunee, known to you as the Six Nations.