So the next morning they parted from Rogers.
"I think there'll be big things to tell the next time we meet," said Willet to Rogers.

"Mr.Pitt doesn't make his plans for nothing.

He not only makes big plans, but he prepares big armies and fleets to carry 'em out." "We have faith in him everywhere here," said Rogers, "and I hear they've the same faith in him on the other side of the Atlantic.

The failure before Ticonderoga didn't seem to weaken it a particle.

Take care of yourselves, my friends." It was a sincere farewell on both sides, but quickly over, and the three pressed on to Amherst's camp, in the valley near the head of Lake George, that had already seen so many warlike gatherings.