And now, Miguel, hunger and thirst being satisfied, I'll get up and stretch my limbs a while.

Then I'll be ready to go to work." "I tell you when the captain wants you.

Maybe an hour from now, maybe two hours." He took his lantern and the empty plate and withdrew, but Robert heard him fastening the door on the outside again.

Evidently they did not yet wholly trust the good intentions of Peter Smith, the deserter, whom they had recaptured in the Hudson.

But the spark of hope lodged somewhere in the mind of Peter Smith was still growing and glowing.