They may be there yet, and if you can secure a mount, so much the better.

But the moment you leave this fort you must rely absolutely upon your own skill and judgment." Harry bowed.

It was a great trust and he felt elation because he had been chosen first.

He was again a courier, and he would do his best.
"I should advise you not to take either a rifle or a sword," said Colonel Talbot, "as they will be in the way of speed.

But you'd better have two pistols.