"Then do not doubt me until that sun ceases to be constant and true."
CHAPTER XV.
THE HERO OF TICONDEROGA.
Arnold appeared to agree with every suggestion made by Allen, and no man could be more pleasant.
Not one atom of distrust of Arnold was to be found in the whole of the mountaineer's mind.
Certainly he had no reason for it save the strong distrust manifested by Remember Baker because of the stories Martha had brought from New Haven.
On the evening of the ninth of May the combined forces of Allen and Arnold appeared on the eastern shore of Lake Champlain, opposite Ticonderoga.
The march had been so well planned and executed that the English had no knowledge of the movement of the Mountain Boys.
A difficulty, which had not been foreseen, had to be overcome.