His time runs out.

His mind at the last will be filled with the old days when Frontenac held the town against the New Englanders." The rangers were disposed well about the house, and they also watched the landing.

Tandakora and his men might come in canoes, stealing along in the shadow of the high cliffs, or they might creep through the fields and forest.

Zeb Crane, who could see in the dark like an owl and who had already proved his great qualities as a scout and ranger, watched at the river, and Willet with Robert and Tayoga was on the land side.

But they learned there was another chateau landing less than a quarter of a mile lower down, and Tandakora, coming on the river, might use that, and yet make his immediate approach by land.
Willet stood by a grape arbor with Robert and the Onondaga, and watched with eye and ear.
"Tandakora is sure to come," said the hunter.