Zeb had seen more than he had heard, and he knew of the encampment on Lake Dunmore.
He had watched the men, and found out that they drilled at night. He had become suspicious, but had no means of verifying his suspicions until that conversation with Eben.
When Eben had incautiously mentioned his name, Zeb remembered that he had heard a man tell his father that Allen was accompanied by a young scout whose name was Pike.
Zeke was getting very fidgety.
He kept looking at the tall clock, which his father had brought from England many years before, and wondered whether his plot had failed. But his face brightened when a knock at the door betokened the presence of visitors.
He opened the door himself, and Ethan Allen and Remember Baker stepped in.
"Welcome, most welcome! I would rather see you here than the king of England."
Allen placed his finger on his lip as a hint not to speak too loudly.
Zeke laughed.
"I respect your caution; a day will come when your name will be shouted from the housetops."