"Who gave the order?"
"General Hull—the Army of the North-west is at Detroit."
"Perhaps reinforcements will be sent."
"Hardly, in the face of an order to leave the post."
"Why did he wear the British flag?"
"Perhaps to secure safe passage through the country; perhaps to indicate an alliance with the enemy."
"Lieutenant Howard has said all along that the Indians were with the British and against us. It begins to look as though he were right."
"My boy," said Mackenzie, with a sigh, "wherever that flag waves, you'll find blood. The colour of it isn't an accident—it's a challenge and a warning."
"Well," returned Robert, after a silence, "we'll have to do the best we can, and that's all any one can do."
"I've wondered sometimes," said the other, thoughtfully, "if I haven't done wrong."