He had pleasant memories of Wilton, Colden, Carson and the others, and while he was making new friends he did not commit the crime of forgetting old ones.

It was his hope that he should meet them all again, not merely after the war, but long before.
In his comings and goings among the great of their day Robert kept a keen eye for the vision of St.Luc.He half hoped, half feared that some time in the twilight or the full dusk of the night he would see in some narrow street the tall figure wrapped in its great cloak.

But the chevalier did not appear, and Robert felt that he had not really come as a spy upon the English army and its preparations.

He must have gone, days since.
He met Adrian Van Zoon three times, that is, he was in the same room with him, although they spoke together only once.

The merchant had in his presence an air of detachment.