Just when Master Lennox came into his view I spoke to him, and he seemed quite angry.

He asked me impatiently to go away, but I stood by and talked to him until Master Lennox was far out of sight." "You saw the man well, then, Peter ?" "I did, Mynheer Huysman, and I cannot be mistaken.

It was the same that talked with Mynheer Van Zoon on the deck of the _Dirkkoeven_." "I thought so.

And what kind of a looking man was he, Peter ?" "About thirty, I should say, Mynheer, well built and strong, and foreign." "Foreign! What mean you, Peter ?" "French." "What?
French of France or French of Canada ?" "That I cannot say with certainty, Mynheer, but French he was I do believe and maintain." "Then he must be a spy as well as a threat to young Lennox.

This goes deeper than I had thought, but you haf done your work well, Peter.
Continue it." He held out a gold coin, which Peter pocketed with thanks, and went forth the next morning to resume with a proud heart the task that he liked.
Robert, all unconscious that a faithful guardian was always at his heels, was passing days full of color, variety and pleasure.