I had no desire he should fall into your hands as a prisoner.
When you appeared at this house I assisted his escape." "But, Claire, how came you here?
Why did you leave Philadelphia ?" "Because I have a brother, sir, whom I can only meet in secret," she replied quietly.

"I came without thought of danger, for war has not cost us friends in this country; our home has remained until now untouched by vandals, and I felt amply protected by those who accompanied me upon the ride--our old house servants." She knelt at the side of his chair, her head bowed upon its arm, and his hand stroked her hair.

"I regret if I have seemed unmaidenly, or done what you may deem wrong, father, for it has all seemed right to me." The Colonel looked at us silently for what seemed a long while, his fingers fondling the tresses of the girl's hair.
"This situation leaves me in an embarrassing predicament," he admitted at last slowly.

"I hardly know what is my duty either as a father, or an officer of the King.

No matter what his purpose may have been this man penetrated our lines in disguise; he admittedly exercised command of those irregulars who attacked and routed Delavan's column, and has since been prowling about disguised as a countryman.