I have no doubt I can find four men and a midshipman willing to volunteer for the affair, especially as, if you succeed, their imprisonment will be a short one.

When will the attempt be made ?" "If you can drift up the river as far as Cap Rouge before daylight," James said, in answer to an inquiring look from the general, "we will attempt it tomorrow morning.

I should say that the best plan would be for me to appear opposite their camp when day breaks, as if I was trying to obtain a close view of it in the early morning." "The sooner the better," General Wolfe said.

"Every day is of importance.

But how do you propose to get back again, that is, supposing that everything goes well ?" "I propose, general, that I should conceal myself somewhere on the face of the heights.