"Will you call the officer of the guard?"
"What for?"
"I want to speak with the generals."
"Well, why don't you go ahead and do it? I know you are on General Washington's staff, and so it will be all right."
"It might for me, but not for you, Seth. I don't think a private soldier is allowed to decide even in such a case as this. To save yourself trouble you had better call the officer of the guard."
Master Graydon thought this a needless formality; but he followed his friend's advice, and during the short time which elapsed before that official made his appearance, Enoch asked:
"Where can I see you and Seth a few minutes before I leave?"
"Are you going right away again?"
"Just as soon as I deliver my message, and that may take ten or fifteen minutes."
"If I am relieved before then, Jacob and I will find you. Say, do you know General Dickinson sent a squad down to the house where we were made prisoners, and I reckon they didn't use the Tory very softly. He's here in camp under guard, and I heard he was likely to get it pretty rough after what he did to us."