“With what result?” the Tory asked eagerly.
“He sustains me; gives me a colonel’s commission, and hereafter I am to have a voice in all campaigns where I and my men serve as allies.”
“It won’t help you any,” the Tory said bitterly.
“Why not?”
“Because St. Leger is already on his way back to Quebec,” was Master Le Geyt’s reply, and he rapidly detailed the events which had led to the Colonel’s flight.
“Did you see your son?”
“No.”
“He was up there.”
“How do you know?”
“Burgoyne told me he had sent him.”