You didn't know anything about it at the time, but I did it, and I'm sorry I wronged you so much, even in thought." The hunter touched his forehead.

Clearly the misfortunes of the young prisoner were weighing too heavily upon him.

One must endure captivity better than that.
"Don't take it so hard, Mr.Lennox," he said.

"It's not like being in the hands of the Indians, and there is always the chance of escape." De Galissonniere visited him again that morning, and Robert, true to his resolution, said nothing of Garay.

The captain did not speak of the Anglo-American army, but Robert judged from his manner that he was highly expectant.