The fleet was ready, as always, and the army was to embark.

This concentration could not be for nothing.

Before the twilight he saw Charteris and they shook hands, which was both a salute and a farewell.
"We take ship after dark," said Charteris, "and I know as surely as I'm standing here that we make some great attempt to-night.

The omens and presages are all about us." "I feel that way, too," said Robert.
"Tododaho will soon appear on his star," said Tayoga, who was with Robert, "but, though I cannot see him, I hear his whisper already." "What does it say ?" asked Robert.
"The whisper of Tododaho tells me that the time has come.

We shall meet the enemy in a great battle, but he does not say who will win." "I believe that, if we can bring Montcalm to battle, we can gain the victory," said Charteris.