"How long has he been there?"
"Two days."
"Do you know if he intends making a move soon?"
"I have heard it said in the camp that we were like to stay there a long while—at least until reinforcements can be sent by General Cornwallis."
"Beside the men who came out with you on the trail, how many are scouting around in this neighborhood?"
"There are perhaps twenty who set out this morning."
"Are they soldiers or Tories?"
"I suppose you would call them Tories, but nevertheless they are royalists."
"There is a distinction without a difference in those terms, Ephraim," Nathan said grimly, "but I'll venture to say there are very few who are both Tory and spy, with an inclination to bring death upon those who had befriended them."
"In taking to Major Ferguson information as to Colonel Clarke's force I only did my duty, for I was serving the king, and should look upon all those who offer armed resistance to his laws as enemies."