"Where have you been?" asked the colonel.
"Do not be cross with me. I have only been doing what I thought ought to be done. I have been in Concord."
"What have you been doing there?"
"Keeping my mouth shut and my ears open."
"And what have you heard?"
"Much that you ought to know, and I will tell you if you are not cross with me."
"I am never cross with you, Eben."
"Then you are to be sent for to Concord, and will be sent as a prisoner to Albany. Gov. Tryon says he will hang you as soon as you reach that city."
"How learned you this?"
"Nay, should I tell you I might never learn anything more."