The Philadelphian, like all the others, was astounded and delighted.
"Lennox!" he exclaimed, grasping his hand.

"I heard that you were dead, killed by a spy named Garay, and your body thrown into the Hudson, where it was lost! Now, I know that reports are generally lies! And you're no ghost.

'Tis a solid hand that I hold in mine!" "I'm no ghost, though I did vanish from the world for a while," said Robert.

"But, as you see, I've come back and I mean to have a part in the taking of Quebec." Wilton and Carson, Stuart and Cabell soon came, and then Grosvenor, and every one in his turn welcomed Robert back from the dead, after which he gave to them collectively a rapid outline of his story.
"'Tis a strange tale, a romance," said Grosvenor.

"It's evident that it's not intended you shall lose your life in this war, Lennox.