We'll soon see this famous Ticonderoga again." Robert's heart beat hard once more.

All the country about him was familiar.

So much had been concentrated here, and now it seemed to him that the climax was approaching.

Many of the actors in last year's great drama were now on another stage, but Bourlamaque and St.Luc were at hand, and Tandakora had come too with his savages.

He looked around it the splendid landscape of lake and mountain and green forest, and the pulses in his temples throbbed fast.
"Aye, Dagaeoga," said Tayoga, who was looking at him, "it is a great day that has come." "I think so," said Robert, "and what pleases me most is the sight of the big guns.