The Sun Of Quebec - A Story of a Great Crisis by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
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Robert found the Philadelphians a little later, and they all went back to Grosvenor's tent, where they were joined in a half hour by the Virginians, Walter Stuart and James Cabell, who had been with them in Braddock's defeat and whom Robert had known at Williamsburg. It was a tight squeeze for them all in the tent, but there was another and joyous reunion. Youth responded to youth and hope was high. "Stuart and I did not arrive in time for Ticonderoga," said Cabell, "but we mean to be in the next great battle." "So we do!" exclaimed Cabell. "The Old Dominion had a taste of defeat at Fort Duquesne and you've had the like here. Now we'll all wait and see how victory agrees with us." "Some of us have been in at both defeats," said Grosvenor rather sadly. But the presence of so many friends and the cheerful talk made him feel so much better that he averred his ability to go anywhere and do anything at once. "You've leave of absence if you wish it?" asked Cabell. "For several days more," replied Grosvenor. "Then let's all go into the town. I haven't had a good look at Albany yet. I want to see if it's as fine a place as Williamsburg." "It's larger," said Robert. |
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