He listened almost incessantly to the sound of drum and fife, the drill master's word of command, or to voices raised in prayer, preaching or the singing of psalms.

Recruits were continually coming in, awkward plowboys, but brave and enduring, waiting only to be taught.

Master Benjamin Hardy was compelled to return to New York, departing with reluctance and holding an earnest conference with Mynheer Jacobus Huysman before he went.
"The man, who is most certainly a French spy, is somewhere about," said Mynheer Jacobus.

"Peter haf seen him twice more, but he haf caught only glimpses.

But you can trust Peter even as I do.